CELEBRATIONS. - GEVARTIUS (Johannes Caspar). Pompa introitus honori Serenissimi principis Ferdinand Austriaci Hispaniarum infantis... Antwerp, Johannes Meursius, s.d. [1642]. Large folio, contemporary vellum.
Magnificent festive book celebrating the entry of Cardinal-infant Ferdinand of Spain as governor of Antwerp in 1635.
Splendid copper-engraved illustration after Pierre-Paul Rubens, including title-frontispiece, portrait, 36 (of 42) plates, some double-page, and a large plan or bird's-eye view of the city of Antwerp.
Complete. Some plates foxed, one or two plates trimmed with damage in the copper.
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