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De vita Alberti pii, sapientis, prudentis Belgarum principis commentarius

Le Mire, Aubert, 1573-1640 · 1622 · Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana · 6 pictures

A 1622 Latin biography of Archduke Albert of Austria, Prince of the Low Countries, written by Aubert Le Mire and printed at the Plantin press in Antwerp for a learned readership of statesmen and scholars. The pictures are engraved coats of arms held up by putti and decorative initial letters with foliage, animals and strapwork, showing the baroque heraldic and printed ornament style a designer could adapt for crests, capitals and borders.

Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria, 1559-1621

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