Aitzing, Michael von (sold)
Michael von Aitzing (c.1530 - 1598) was an Austrian nobleman, diplomat, and historian.
His most notable history, the 1583 Novus de Leone Belgico, described the early part of the Eighty Years' War, and introduced the first cartographic representation of the Low Countries as 'Leo Belgicus.' His other works included a genealogical volume codifying the principles of a genealogical numbering system, called an Ahnentafel, which are still in use today.
Leo Belgicus, in a desirable edition.
De Bello Belgico Decas II Famiani Stradae Rom. Soc. Iesu
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This 1632/1647 map of the Netherlands is an exemplar of one of the most distinctive heraldic geographical motifs: the famous Leo Belgicus. This depiction of the Low Countries in the form of a lion rampant appeared as the title page in the first, Rome edition of Famiano Strada's 1632 history of the Dutch Revolt. While later editions of Strada featured a Leo in their frontispieces, the plate employed in the 1632 first volume and the 1647 second volume of the first edition was the largest and most beautifully engraved, and among the most desirable. This image's appearance during the course of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1566/1568 - 1648) has led to it being hailed as a cartographic expression of national pride - in spite of its origin being firmly rooted in histories of the war produced predominantly from a Spanish perspective. (more details)