Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae, : ad praesentis temporis faciem expressum /
Blaeu, Joan,1596-1673.
Wentworth, Thomas.
Cecil, Hugh,Earl of Lonsdale.
Amstelaedamensis : Ioannes Blaeu,
1649.
Relief shown pictorially.
Dedication: Augustissimo, Potentissimo Monarchae Philippo IV, Hispaniarum Indiarumque Regi; Austriae Archiduci; Burgundiae, Brabantiae, Flandriae, Variarumque Gentium, Non Uno Titulo, Principi, Latissimis Imperii Finibus Solem Utrumque, Utrumque Oeanum Complexo; Catholico, Pacifico, Piissimo, Clementissimo; Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Regiae, Multo Labore, Aere Multo, A se Collectum, In Perpetui Cultus Monumentum Venerabundus Offert, Dicat, Dedicat Ioannes Blaeu, Guilielmus Filius, Amstelaedamensis".
Dedication: "Illustrissimo, Excellentissimo, D. Casparo De Bracamonte Et Guzman; Comiti de Penaranda; Domino de Aldeaseca de la Frontera; Equiti Ordinid de Alcantara ... Ioannes Blaeu Foelicitatem Perpetuam".
French text "Privilege": "Ces deux Volumes du Pays-bas ont esté achevé le 27 Septembre, 1649".
Dutch text "Privilegie" dated by Cornelis Musch, 1648.
Issued with companion volume "Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Foederatae".
Engraved armorial title page, hand coloured and gilded.
Pages have signatures but not page numbers.
Contemporary hand colouring.
Includes "Index urbium et munimentorum Belgicae Regalis hoc volumine comprehensorum".
Koeman,
Bookplate: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale, with coat of arms.
Signature on t.p.: "Thomas Wentworth Coll Divi Johns Camb 1711".
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