Online auction - Lot 203
Online auction - Lot 203
[Flanders]
Chronyke van Vlaenderen [...].
Bruges, A. Wydts, (1726-1736)
Starting bid: €
240
€ 300 / 400
Bidding via DrouotLot description
3 parts in 4 vol., folio: [6]-[42]-xc-540 [=544]-[14], [6]-[26]-612-[20], [30]-514, [2]-515/1158-[29] pp. (vol. 1: marg. damp stains in preface, vol. 2: quires 3R and 3S switched, min. marg. soiling, vol. 3: marg. wormholes, vol. 4: marg. wormholes, old repair in marg. of f. 4W1).
Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt title on gilt-orn. spines with 6 raised bands (sl. def. to tail of vol. 2 and head of vol. 4, corners bumped).
Compilation of chronicles by Nicolas Despars (1522-1597). Engr. ill.: front. by Heijlbrouck after J.C. De Cock (vol. I), front. by Heijlbrouck after R. Van Orley (vol. II), 3 title-vign., folding map "Flandriae comitatus accurata descriptio" in vol. I and 56 ill. in-text (i.a. 3 dedicatory arms, portraits of the Burgundian dukes, Mary of Burgundy, Albert & Isabella, Philip IV, the Bruges belfry, battle scenes, etc.). 33 woodcut portraits in-text (vol. I). Without the map of Bruges as is often the case. Errata leaf at end vol. IV. 3 titles in red and black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. STCV.
Prov. "J. B. Vergauwen Beveren Waes" (ms. entry on title in vol. 1).