Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

first edition in dutch , following Latin and French versions published the year before. superb copy of a fête book commemorating the royal entry into Amsterdam of Marie de’ Medici, the exiled Queen Mother of France (1575-1642), in 1638. The illustrations depict court scenes, street and boat processions, her excursion to the festival structure on a specially-created artificial island in the Amstel River, and allegorical tableaux staged for her.