"Handtboeck, inhaudende landtsverpachthinghen, manghelpachten, renten, obligatien, goedtvindt ende vercoopinghen, alles competerende aen Philippus de Clippel […] gedorigeert […] door Jacobus Vandenhaute, licentiaet inde medecijnen".

Folio-size (c. 32,5 x 20,5 cm), 286 ff. (incl. many blanks; + a few loosely inserted or pinned smaller ff.), Dutch, paper.

Contemp. calf, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, 2 metal catches (rubbed, front cover loose and holding with sellotape, clasps gone).

Extensive account book of Ph. de Clippel[e], continued by J. Vandenhaute (married to Joanne Françoise de Clippele), describing their income from land in Michelbeke and Nederbrakel, and some transactions with persons in Geraardsbergen or Steenhuize. Remains of red wax seals on ff. 1, 232-233.