VILLALOBOS Y BENAVIDES, Diego. Comentarios de las cosas en los Paises Baxos de Flandes, desde el año de mil y quinientos y noventa y quatro, hasta el de mil y quinientos y nouenta y ocho. Madrid: por Luis Sanchez, 1612 [1611]. 4° (189 x 132). Woodcut arms on title, full-page portrait of the author on **4^v. (Two repairs in C1, one affecting text, repair affecting text in V1, large marginal repair in I3, no final blank.) Red morocco by Brugalla, gilt supralibros on sides, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance: Librería Roque Pidal, 1944.

Recommended features

• • 

  • Katharine Wright — Aviation’s unsung heroine

    Books and Manuscripts specialist Heather Pisani delves into intimate letters written by the sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, offered in New York on 14 June

• • 

  • Claude Debussy’s rediscovered score for Hymnis

    Pianist Jeff Cohen and soprano Pauline Texier bring Claude Debussy's recently rediscovered score for Hymnis back to life ahead of its sale in Paris

• • 

  • Collecting guide: Bibles

    Mark Wiltshire, Associate Specialist in Science & Books, walks us through the history of Christianity’s most influential printed text

• • 

  • ‘Citizens of the feathered tribe’ — Audubon’s The Birds of America

    An exceptional example of the most valuable illustrated book ever produced — and an icon of American art — will be offered on 14 June to benefit conservation causes

• • 

  • Collecting guide: Bulgari jewellery

    An expert introduction to Bulgari rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches, including cutting-edge concepts such as the Trombino ring and the Serpenti bracelet-watch