Emanuel van Meteren. HISTORIEN DER NEDERLANDEN, EN HAAR NABUREN OORLOGEN TOT HET IAAR 1612. Amsterdam: Jan Jacobis Schipper, 1663. Full gilt stamped and paneled speckled leather, label with manuscript and raised bands on spine, re-backed preserving original backstrip. Folio; *6 A-2P8 3A-3V8 4A-4Y8. Gothic type in double columns; text in Dutch. With register, printed marginalia, decorated initials, engraved title page, and numerous portrait engravings including many equestrian. USTC 1800486.

14 x 9 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Emanuel van Meteren (1535-1612) was an important Flemish historian who wrote extensively about the history of the Netherlands.

Leather with faint age cracks, boards with light scuffs and edgewear, small stain on upper board, ex-library copy with old library sticker at tail of spine, lacking ties; modern endpapers, title page and one additional leaf with 19th-century manuscript, title page verso with list of plates in manuscript and small stamp, first (3) leaves and several later leaves with institutional blind stamp; pages with light to moderate toning, edges browned, with minimal scattered foxing and light grime, occasional small stain, or small loss at corner or margin; a couple of tiny burn holes, one leaf lightly frayed. A very good and complete copy of this hefty, well-illustrated volume.