06-01-201306-01-2013
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Hogenberg, Nicolaus (c. 1500-1539) Gratae et Laboris Aequae Posteritati

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

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Hogenberg, Nicolaus (c. 1500-1539) Gratae et Laboris Aequae Posteritati. Antwerp: Hondius, c. 1610-1612.
Folio, engraved dedication leaf, followed by thirty-eight numbered engraved plates, and a repeat of the dedication, each engraving trimmed, the cartouche at the top trimmed away on every plate, and mounted into a large sheet, probably sometime during the 17th century; [bound with] Pompa Funebris Caroli V. Bruxellis, The Hague: Hondius, 1619, with thirty-seven full-paged plates treated in the manner described above, plate five probably inserted later, in 17th century full parchment over stiff boards, ex libris Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, with his bookplate inside the front board, some plates browned, some with ink stains, minor damage, 21 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.
[together with] William Stirling-Maxwell's The Chief Victories of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, London: for the editor, 1870, signed, part of the inscription rubbed out, copy 163 of 200; and Stirling-Maxwell's The Procession of Pope Clement VII, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Doughlas, 1875, copy number 41 of 250. (3)
Estimate $2,000-4,000


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William Stirling-Maxwell, Antwerp, Emperor, London, editor, Clement VII