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BURGUNDY Belgium Austria Heuter, Pontus (De...

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BURGUNDY Belgium Austria Heuter, Pontus (De Huyter) Opera historica omnia. Burgundica, Austriaca, Belgica: De rebus a Principibus Bourgogne atque Austriacis, Belgi imperarunt, rythme belloque praeclare gestis. Insertus est eiusdem de Vetustate et Nobilitate Familiae Habspurgicae et Austriacae liber singularis.Accessereque De Veterium ac sui saululi Belgio libri duo; aliaque. Nunc primum simul edita Lovanii (Louvain / Lion), Ludocus Coppenius, 1649. one vol. small in-folio ( 31x19,7 cm) bound with the arms of the Royal College of Harcourt 3 parts in 1 volume [16]263 [10] pp ; [22], 372 [12] pp; 147 pages; Work on the historical and genealogical work by Pontus de Huyter in 3 works which retrace the history and genealogy of the Kings, Dukes and Counts of Burgundy, the Habsburgs for Austria... Rerum Burgundicarum libri sex, in quibus describuntur res gestae regum, ducum, comitumque utriusque Burgundiae... Dedicatory epistle of the author to Philip II of Spain, (son of Charles V) AND includes: Rerum Burgundicarum libri sextus quo repraesentantur GENEALOGIAE Rerum AUSTRIACARUM libri XV,In quibus describuntur pace belloque gesta a principibus Austriacis in Belgio. Dedication of the author to ALBERT Archduke of Austria includes De vetustate et nobilitate familiae Habspurgicae et Austriacae.De Veterum ac sui saeculi Belgio libri duo. This work is still important today because the author had access to sources that have now disappeared. With numerous genealogical tables and a folding table. Pontus de Huyter (1535-1602) from Delft, was a Catholic royalist. An important work on the genealogy of the Habsburgs, also contains a glossary of medieval German names. - Paper slightly browned, otherwise clean, cover rubbed. Numerous bookplates, including one authorizing disposal. RARE Binding in blond calf with the Arms of the Harcourt College : Gules two fesses Or Collegium Harcurianum College of the University of Paris, founded in 1280 and closed in 1793, and located at 94, rue de la Harpe, on the site of the present Lycée Saint-Louis. O. H. R., pl. 581