- 3163
Guagnini, Alessandro (1538-1614).
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam... Tartariaeque partem complectitur, [etc.]. Speyer: B. Albinus, 1581
folio (330 x 220mm.), ff. [4], 113, [7], illustration: folding woodcut plate of Polish royal assembly, folding letterpress genealogy of Polish kings, both bound before title, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut printer's device on final verso, binding: contemporary English limp vellum, printed guards from 1581 Winchester Almanac by Humfrey Norton (STC 491.5=Bosanquet lxxxv, similar fragment), woodcut plate slightly torn
Provenance
J. Herbert, Cambriobrito Monumetensis comitatus, 1583, with motto "Amat victoria curam", i.e. Sir John Herbert (c. 1540-1617), lawyer, who in the years 1583 to 1585 was involved in an embassy to Poland
Literature
VD16 G3844; BJ16 G819
Catalogue Note
first edition, and a fine copy with a most interesting provenance. The author was a Pole and this work was first published in Krakow in 1578.