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Anvers, Imprimerie Plantinienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1632. In-folio de (1) f.bl., (5) ff. y compris 2 frontispices gravés, 74 pp. et 3 planches gravées à pleine page, (1) f., (1) f.bl. Qq. très légères piqûres sur les ff. prel., 1 planche rognée plus court. Relié en plein vélin souple de l'époque, traces de liens, dos lisse, non rogné. Reliure de l'époque. 311 x 218 mm. --- Rare édition originale de ce superbe livre de fête illustrant l'entrée de Marie de Médicis dans les villes de Mons, Anvers et Bruxelles. Mennessier de la Lance, Essai de Bibliographie hippique, 453 ; Lipperheide 2661 ; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 84. Inconnu de Brunet. « Ce fut 6 mois après la Journée des dupes, le 18 juillet 1631, que Marie de Médicis, battue par Richelieu, s'échappa de Compiègne, et prit le chemin de la Hollande, dans le dessein de se retirer auprès de son gendre Charles Ier d'Angleterre. Elle ne devait plus revenir en France ; elle resta dans les Pays-Bas et en Hollande, d'où elle ne cessa de travailler contre Louis XIII et contre son ministre. » (Picot, Catalogue Rothschild, n°2281). La reine, accompagnée de l'archiduchesse Isabelle, demanda à visiter lors de son séjour la célèbre imprimerie de Plantin à Anvers. Balthasar Moretus, le petit-fils de Christophe Plantin, qui dirigeait alors la presse, avait préparé une petite plaquette de 4 pages pour commémorer la visite de la reine. Les pp. 60-63 du présent ouvrage reproduisent la très jolie brochure qu'il présenta alors à la reine. « Her visit to Plantin's printing work is narrated on pp. 59-64." (Landwehr) L'illustration, superbe, fortement inspirée de Rubens, se compose de deux frontispices et de 3 planches gravées à pleine page. « Ouvrage curieux et rare. Le 1er frontispice, gravé par Cornelius Galle, représente la Reine recevant dans ses bras l'Infante Isabelle-Claire-Eugénie, fille de Philippe II d'Espagne, habillée en religieuse. Elle avait adopté ce costume de /// Anvers, Imprimerie Plantinienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1632. Folio [311 x 218 mm] of (1) bl. l., (5) ll. including 2 engraved frontispieces, 74 pp. and 3 engraved full-page pl., (1) l., (1) bl. l. A few light foxing on the preliminary ll., 1 plate trimmed shorter. Bound in full contemporary limp vellum, remains of ties, flat spine, untrimmed. Contemporary binding. --- Rare first edition of this superb festival book illustrating the entry of Marie de Medici in the towns of Mons, Antwerp and Brussels. Mennessier de la Lance, Essai de Bibliographie hippique, 453; Lipperheide 2661; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 84. Unknown by Brunet. "It was 6 months after the Day of the Dupes, on July 18th 1631, that Marie de Medici, defeated by Richelieu, fled from Compiegne, and took the way to the Netherlands, with the intention of withdrawing herself by her son-in-law Charles I of England. She would not come back in France; she stayed in the Netherlands and in Holland, where she never ceased to work against Louis XIII and his minister." (Picot, Catalogue Rothschild, n°2281). The queen, with the archduchess Isabelle, asked to visit during her stay Plantin's famous printing house in Antwerp. Balthasar Moretus, Christophe Plantin's grandson, who was running the printing company, had prepared a small booklet of 4 pages to memorialize the queen's visit. Pp 60-63 of the present work reproduce the very fine booklet he presented to the queen. "Her visit to Plantin's printing work is narrated on pp. 59-64." (Landwehr) The superb illustration, deeply inspired by Rubens, is composed of two frontispieces and of 3 full-page plates. "A rare and peculiar work. The 1st frontispiece, engraved by Cornelius Galle, represents the Queen receiving in her arms the infant Isabella Clara Eugenia, daughter of Philip II of Spain, dressed as a religious. She had adopted this costume since the death of her husband the archduke Albert in 1621. The 2nd one is composed of the portraits elegantly placed o.
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