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SWEERTIUS, Franciscus

Rerum Belgicarum annales chronici et historici de bellis, urbibus, situ, & moribus gentis antiqui recentioresque scriptores [...]. Tomus primus, I. Iohannes Gerbrandus a Leydis, et II. Reynerus Snoyus Goudanus De comitibus Hollandiae, Zelandiae, Frisiae,

Frankfurt
D. 1 D. Aubry & Clemens Schleich
1620

€280 - €360

3 parts in 1 vol., folio: [24]-373-[2 bl.-1], [12]-206, 107 [= 103]-[1] pp. (browning throughout). Full cont. calf binding with 6 raised bands and the arms of DE THOU and his second wife (join./corners rest.) on the two boards and the back. Good copy

Editio princeps of 3 late medieval chronicles of the Low Countries, edited by Franciscus Sweertius (Antwerp 1567-1629): ""Holland"" by Jan Gerbrantszoon van Leyden (d. 1504) and R. Snoy (1477-1537), and ""Flanders"" by Aegidius de Roya (d. 1478). The 4th title announced is not present and was probably never published. Woodcut printer's mark on titles of pt. I & II and at end of pt. I & III.
Ref. VD17 23:230924P. - STC German 1601-1700 (BL) S-3238. - Cp. Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 448a (Snoy). Ex-libris Bibliotheca Lindesiana; Brittwek sale, Sotheby's 3/5/1920 lot 40

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