Eletio et Coronatio Sereniss. Potentiss. et Invictiss. Principis et dn. dn. Matthiae I . . .
[Frankfurt]: Officina de Bry, (1612). First edition. Oblong 4to, 14 leaves, mounted to later pages, appr. 13 X 10-1/2 in. (33 X 27 CM); later three-quarter white cloth and marbled paper boards. Few short marginal tears mended; some marks; vertical crease to engraved title page; few spots and smudges to page edge, images clear and bright. Item #203812
Marvelous series of engraved images by Jacob Zetter and Johann Gelle, printed by de Bry, depicting events in Frankfurt around the coronation of Matthias I as Holy Roman Emperor in 1612.
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