Leyden [Leiden]: Maire. First edition. Two volumes in one. Separately pu3127blished in 1636 and 1638. Full vellum binding. Firm and attractive, with just a touch of bowing to the boards. Internally clean and tidy throughout, with woodcut vignettes to the each of the two title pages. Three woodcut illustrations of military equipment to volume I. Four historiated initials to vol I. and 5 to volume II. Complete. Slight weakness to the rear hinge on the binding. End papers are of cheaper paper, and have a little edge wear. An early account of the Provinces of the Netherlands and Flanders. [viii] 190, [iv], 452pp. 325 x 210 mm (12¾ x 8¼ inches).