Author: Pontani, Ioh. Isaci
Title: Historiae Gelricae Libri XIV. Deducta omnia ad ea usq. tempora nostra, quibus firmata sub ordinibus respublica. Precedit qui est liber primus, Ducatus Gelriae et Comitatus Zutphaniae chorographica descriptio. Cum chartis geographicis.
Description: Hardervici (Harderwijk), Ioannis Iansonii, Ioannis Iansonii, 1639. Folio (38x25 cm). Contemporary blindstamped vellum, spine with ribbons (at top and foot small tears in hinges; corners sl. bumped). With engraved title in baroque style with 5 coats of arms and two full-length portraits (library stamp in lower corner). (ii: half-title), xxii pp. including full-page portrait of Pontanus engraved by J. V. Velde after Isac Isaxs; 72, 956, lxxii: 'Index Chrographicus' and 'Index Historicus' pp. With 3 other full-page portraits: Arnold van Egmond by J. Pontanus after H. Roghman, Karel van Egmond by Retter and Maarten van Rossum. And with 5 double-page maps and 4 double-page plans with charming narrow views at the top, by van Geelkercken. - Maps: Comitatus Zutphaniae and Tetrarchia ducatus Neomagensis, - Roremundensis, - Zutphaniensis, and - Arnhemiensis. - Plans with view: Nijmegen and Zutphen with folded margins, Arnhem and Harderwijk (no margins to the left and right). - Good complete copy, with only a very few brown spots in places and minor defects to the binding. - See Nijhof p. 70: "... later vertaald, en uitgegeven door Slichtenhorst- (platen) enigszins verkleind". . Gewicht/Weight: 4 grs.

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