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La tres admirable, tres magnificque, & triumphante entree, du tres hault & tres puissant Prince Philipes...a la...ville d'Anvers. Anno 1549.


Le triumphe d'Anvers, faict en la susception du Prince Philips, Prince d'Espaigne
Author: Cornelius Scribonius Grapheus (Netherlandish, 1482–1558)
Illustrated by: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, 1502–1550)
Printer: Gillis van Diest (Netherlandish, 16th century)
1550
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 29 woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 29.3 x 20.8 x 1.3 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number44.608
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Gillis van Diest, for Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1550

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet II, 1710-11; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 24
Description(Antwerp: Gillis van Diest, for Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1550) Folio; 58 leaves; modern gilt-stamped brown morocco, by Chambolle-Duru, dated 1864.

First edition, printed in simultaneous French [this volume], Latin [MFA accession number 62.1178], and Dutch editions.

Illustrations of plans, elevations, and details of triumphal arches erected in honor of Prince Philip of Spain's ceremonial entry into Antwerp. First edition, printed in simultaneous French [this volume], Latin [MFA copy: accession number 62.1178], and Dutch editions. Landwehr supplies a complete list of the plates and description of their subjects.
ProvenanceHenry Huth (1815-1878); William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by the MFA, June 8. 1944.