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<dl><dd>Half title on 1st p. of Library's copy is in Italian, rather than in French, as called for by Voet. Final blank leaf (q4) wanting</dd>
<dd>Binding: mottled leather. Gilt fillet along edges of boards, fleurons at corners. Rebacked, retaining old gold-tooled panels; title on red label: GUICCIARDINI / PAESI / BASSI. The edges red</dd>
<dd>Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of the Library, Ragley Hall. At upper left corner is Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed in the plate P.S</dd>
<dd>First Italian ed. Antwerp : Guglielmus Silvius, 1567, with French eds. in 1567 and 1568. This 2nd Italian ed. by Plantin was preceded by that of 1581, with a French ed. appearing in 1582. For detailed information on the Plantin eds. see Voet</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece of Belgia engraved by Abraham de Bruyn after Crispin van den Broeck (*1v; see Voet). T.p. printed letterpress within engraved border (*2r). Engraved arms of Philip II of Spain pasted on *2v within border of the arms of the 17 provinces of the Low Countries. This accords with Voet's description of earlier eds., whereas for this ed. he describes the arms as being printed from a 2nd plate in the central reserve of the engraved border. The arms are in Voet's variant 3, with the pendant golden fleece facing left (see under no. 1278, the ed. of 1582). Philip's port. on the facing page (*3r) is in fact printed from a 2nd plate within its border of allegories of the arts and sciences. It too is in Voet's variant 3, with one of Philip's titles reading ARCHIDVX AVSTRIAE. Woodcut arms of Guicciardini signed AVL for Antoon van Leest (*3v; see Voet)</dd>
<dd>The 135 leaves of plates comprise 9 single-leaf plates and 63 double-leaf plates tipped in at the center fold. The 78 ill. that they bear are numbered in the plate at lower right. This sequence includes the in-text view of Antwerp on p. [82-83]. Most of the ill. are maps, city views or plans, but there are also views of some buildings in Antwerp (bourse, Senate House, cathedral, Hansa house), and a view of the Arx Britannica (ruins of a Roman fort at Katwijk). The plans of Tournai and Enkhuizen were engraved by Pieter van der Borcht and that of Cambrai by "a certain Pierre le Mesureur"; see Voet</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *-2*⁶ A-F⁶ G⁴ H² I-Z⁶ a-p⁶ q⁴</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Voet, L. Plantin press</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521-1589</dd>
<dd>Bruyn, Abraham de, 1538 or 9-1587?</dd>
<dd>Broeck, Crispin van den, 1524-approximately 1591</dd>
<dd>Leest, Antoine van, ca. 1545-ca. 1592</dd>
<dd>Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608</dd></dl></div>
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