Online auction - Lot 202
Online auction - Lot 202
[Flanders - Lille imprint]
La Flandre illustrée par l'institution de la Chambre du roi à Lille, l'an 1385, par Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne [...] & fut transferée à Bruges l'an 1667, & de Bruges à Bruxelles en 1680.
Lille, s.n.; Brussels, t'Serstevens, 1713
Starting bid: €
80
€ 100 / 120
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8vo: [2]-272-[16] pp. (some minor spotting or dampstaining).
Mod. brown half leather, marbled paper on covers, gilt-titled spine with 5 raised bands and gilt crowned monogram, orig. blue paper boards preserved. Good copy.
Rather rare and interesting historical account of (the Chamber of Accounts of) Flanders in Burgundian times, mentioning all the dignitaries and members. With an index of names. At the end a "Catalogue des livres qui se trouvent à vendre chez les libraires en Flandre & Brabant". The imprint of t'Serstevens is pasted onto the title page.
Ref. Saffroy 22217. - De Ghellinck 1182. - STCV.
Prov. Amaury de Ghellinck d'Elseghem (crowned monogram "AGE" on spine). - Mod bookpl.