Hugo, The Siege of Breda, [Ghent], 1627, contemporary calf

HUGO, HERMANN

The siege of Breda... Translated into English by C.H.G. [Captain Henry Gage]. [Ghent], 1627

folio (293 x 194mm.), engraved title page and 15 plates (9 folding), contemporary calf, red speckled edges, slight damp-staining, engraved title slightly cropped, covers becoming detached, spine somewhat torn and defective

The plates are copied from the Latin edition printed at Antwerp in 1626.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 110; ESTC S122923; STC 13926

PROVENANCE:

Henry Edward Bunbury, armorial bookplate (see lot 244); George Dunn of Woolley Hall, nr. Maidenhead, book-label, sale, Replica Shoes 's, 14 February 1914, lot 536, 5s