Author: CORNEJO, P.- Tachtigjarige Oorlog.- Eighty years war.- 1577
Title: Sumario de las guerres civiles, y causas de la rebellion de Flandres, Recopilado por el Maestro Pedro Cornejo. Al sereniss. S. Don Iuan de Austria.
Description: En Leon [Lyon], en casa de Phelipe Tinghi, 1577. Sm 8vo. W. large coat of arms on printed title and fullpage woodc. in the text [on i8 recto, p. 143]. A few woodc. initials. 18th c. vellum. (lower part of spine some damage over 1 x 1 cm., actual spine ends undamaged! [ã4, a8 - v8, x6 ]. (VIII, 332 pp.). (Medium browning throughout, a few quires more so, a few inkstains in lower blank margin on n3 - n4, pp. 197 - 200; x6 verso w. a large woodc. endpiece & name crossed out in ink.). (All edges speckled in red and blue.). Palau IV, 62076: Rare first edition of the book used by o.a. Johan Brouwer for his 'Kronieken van Spaansche soldaten uit het begin van den 80-jarigen oorlog.' (Chronicles of Spanish soldiers). One of the very important printed sources of the Dutch Rebellion against the Spanish Crown. Dedicated to Don Juan of Austria, the then Spanish Governor in the Netherlands.

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