Rerum Burgundicarum libri sex, in quibus describuntur res gestae regum, ducum, comitumque utriusque Burgundiae, ac in primis Philippi Audacis, Ioannis Intrepidi, Philippi Boni, Imperii Belgici conditoris, Caroli Pugnacis, qui e Valesia Francorum regum familia apud Burgundus imperarunt [...].

Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1584 (and 1583)

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Lot description

Folio: [8]-192-[11-1 bl.], [12]-99-[1 bl.] pp. (marginal dampstaining, fore-edge margin of 1st ff. frayed with a few mouldy spots).

Old vellum, flat spine titled in ink (soiled, sm. def. to spine).

Bound with: Idem - Genealogiae praecipuarum aliquot e Gallia Francica, ac belgica familiarum [...] liber sextus.
Original ed. of the first "national history" of the Low Countries, dealing esp. with the Burgundian rulers. Dedicated to Philip II. With the uncommon Book 6, containing detailed genealogical tables of families of France and the Low Countries. Woodcut mark on titles.
Ref. Voet 1325 (variant B.b.) & 1326. - BT 1448.
Prov. "Genealogi" extensively annotated in contemp. handwriting. - Libr. stamp.