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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 4452282, member: 14916&quot;]I do not post much here on this forum, but this is a series of books that I gladly want to share <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I bought volume II and III first at an auction and later I have found the matching volume I at an antique book dealer!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a book called &quot;Admirables efectos de la providencia sucedidos en la vida, e imperio de Leopoldo primero&quot; and is written in <i><b>Spanish </b></i>attributed to Don Luis de Borje and Centellas by an <b><i>Italian </i></b>writer called Contstanino Roncaglia, printed in folio by 2 brothers (Henricus and Cornelius Verdussen) in Antwerp (now <b><i>Belgium</i></b>). It is about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I</a> (1640-1705), who reigned over <b><i>Austria </i></b>and <b><i>Hungary </i></b>and a lot of other regions in Europe. He is well known for his battle against the Ottomans around Vienna.&nbsp; The books describe the period of 1657-1687. The books contain many copper engravings of important people and important events in that period by <a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?p=1&amp;ps=12&amp;involvedMaker=Gaspar%20Bouttats&amp;st=Objects" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?p=1&amp;ps=12&amp;involvedMaker=Gaspar%20Bouttats&amp;st=Objects" rel="nofollow">Gasper Bouttats</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the last two volumes from a dealer in <b><i>France</i></b>. Later I saw a matching volume at a dealer in the <i><b>United States</b></i>, so now the complete series is here in the <b><i>Netherlands</i></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I haven&#039;t seen enough evidence to determine if these volumes once really belonged together, or this was the standard way of binding of these books. In early modern times most books were bought without a binding and bound at a separate book binder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am really happy to bring these loose volumes together again!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383321[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Frontispiece of volume I. Leopold had a typical <a href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/habsburg-jaw.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/habsburg-jaw.htm" rel="nofollow">Habsburg chin/jaw</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383322[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383325[/ATTACH] </p><p>King Gustav of Sweden</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383323[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383328[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Landscapes with massive battles</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383324[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]383326[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]383327[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Festivities in Vienna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]383329[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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