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AA (PIETER VAN DER) Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, quâ fama, quâ eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines, Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, [c.1710-1720]
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AA (PIETER VAN DER)
Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, quâ fama, quâ eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines, engraved title, dedication and 91 portraits (of 97, 2 folding, one torn without loss), engraved head- and tail-piece vignettes, contemporary speckled calf, corners worn, joints cracked, folio (362 x 235mm.), Leyden, Pieter van der Aa, [c.1710-1720]
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Scarce series of historical portraits, the subjects including Agricola, Vespucci, Columbus, Erasmus, Henry VIII, Holbein, Luther, Magellan, Thomas More, Pisarro, Montezuma, Mogul leaders (3), Kings, Emperors etc.





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