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Historia und Abcontrafeÿtungh fürnemlich der Niderlendischer Geschichten und Kriegs-Handelen. [Nuremberg: no printer, 1593]-1596.
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METEREN, Emanuel Van (1535-1612)
Historia und Abcontrafey¨tungh fu¨rnemlich der Niderlendischer Geschichten und Kriegs-Handelen. [Nuremberg: no printer, 1593]-1596.
Extremely rare first edition of Van Meteren’s monumental illustrated history of the Low Countries. RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction; WorldCat lists only the Koninklijke Bibliotheek as holding both parts. Van Meteren was ‘one of the most important and influential historians of the Dutch Revolt, and one of the few who lived through it himself. Born in Antwerp in 1535 into a Lutheran family, Van Meteren was in his thirties when the Revolt broke out. At forty, after a short spell in prison, he fled Antwerp with his cousin, the famous geographer Abraham Ortelius. He settled in London, where he started compiling information on the escalating conflicts in the Low Countries’ (Helmers). Van Meteren’s original Dutch manuscript was translated into German by 1590 but did not appear until its publication in the present edition in 1593. A Latin edition followed in 1598 before the Dutch original eventually appeared in 1599. Frans Hogenberg was engaged in the project on the recommendation of Ortelius, with whom he had collaborated in the production of the famous Theatrum and Civitates orbis terrarium. The plates depict town-views from the Low Countries and Germany, scenes from daily life, battles and sieges, cities sieged by armies, processions, coronations, and festivals. Helmers. ‘History as diplomacy in early modern Europe. Emanuel van Meteren’s Historia Belgica and international relations, 1596–1640’, Renaissance Studies (2021); see Meganck, Erudite Eyes (2017).
2 parts in one volume, folio (267 x 188mm). Engraved title to second part with printed overslip, 218 (of 219?) engraved plates, comprising 2 single-page portraits, 12 double-page portraits and 204 double-page plates by Frans Hogenberg (lacking first engraved title and pp.93-93 in Book II, possibly containing an engraving, a few light stains, 2 portraits shaved at margin, 2 split at centrefold, a few short tears). Contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum (some soiling, corners bumped, split at upper joint). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate – a few early annotations to plates.
Historia und Abcontrafey¨tungh fu¨rnemlich der Niderlendischer Geschichten und Kriegs-Handelen. [Nuremberg: no printer, 1593]-1596.
Extremely rare first edition of Van Meteren’s monumental illustrated history of the Low Countries. RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction; WorldCat lists only the Koninklijke Bibliotheek as holding both parts. Van Meteren was ‘one of the most important and influential historians of the Dutch Revolt, and one of the few who lived through it himself. Born in Antwerp in 1535 into a Lutheran family, Van Meteren was in his thirties when the Revolt broke out. At forty, after a short spell in prison, he fled Antwerp with his cousin, the famous geographer Abraham Ortelius. He settled in London, where he started compiling information on the escalating conflicts in the Low Countries’ (Helmers). Van Meteren’s original Dutch manuscript was translated into German by 1590 but did not appear until its publication in the present edition in 1593. A Latin edition followed in 1598 before the Dutch original eventually appeared in 1599. Frans Hogenberg was engaged in the project on the recommendation of Ortelius, with whom he had collaborated in the production of the famous Theatrum and Civitates orbis terrarium. The plates depict town-views from the Low Countries and Germany, scenes from daily life, battles and sieges, cities sieged by armies, processions, coronations, and festivals. Helmers. ‘History as diplomacy in early modern Europe. Emanuel van Meteren’s Historia Belgica and international relations, 1596–1640’, Renaissance Studies (2021); see Meganck, Erudite Eyes (2017).
2 parts in one volume, folio (267 x 188mm). Engraved title to second part with printed overslip, 218 (of 219?) engraved plates, comprising 2 single-page portraits, 12 double-page portraits and 204 double-page plates by Frans Hogenberg (lacking first engraved title and pp.93-93 in Book II, possibly containing an engraving, a few light stains, 2 portraits shaved at margin, 2 split at centrefold, a few short tears). Contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum (some soiling, corners bumped, split at upper joint). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate – a few early annotations to plates.
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