GUSTAVUS II. ADOLPHUS. Historis of waerachtich Verhael van den gantschen Toestant van Oorlooge, soo die ghevoert is in Duytschlandt ... nu in't Nederduytsch uytgegeven door Cornerlis Danckaertz, Amsterdam: Cornelis Danckaertz, 1642, 3 parts in one volume, 2° (312 x 203mm.), engraved title, 32 engraved maps and plates only (of 59), most double-page, some folding, most by Mathias Merian, 58 engraved illustrations only (of 60) (the 2 folding double-page maps with clean tears partly affecting illustration, laminated repair to lower margin of one plate, clean deep tear to D1 just affecting text, occasional spotting and marginal dampstaining), contemporary vellum (front joints cracked, new endpapers).

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GUSTAVUS II. ADOLPHUS. Historis of waerachtich Verhael van den gantschen Toestant van Oorlooge, soo die ghevoert is in Duytschlandt ... nu in't Nederduytsch uytgegeven door Cornerlis Danckaertz, Amsterdam: Cornelis Danckaertz, 1642, 3 parts in one volume, 2° (312 x 203mm.), engraved title, 32 engraved maps and plates only (of 59), most double-page, some folding, most by Mathias Merian, 58 engraved illustrations only (of 60) (the 2 folding double-page maps with clean tears partly affecting illustration, laminated repair to lower margin of one plate, clean deep tear to D1 just affecting text, occasional spotting and marginal dampstaining), contemporary vellum (front joints cracked, new endpapers).

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Cornelis Danckert's translation of part 2 of Johann Philipp Abelin's Theatrum Europaeum, which illustrates King Gustavus II's campaigns in Germany.

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