De Morinis et Morinorum rebus, sylvis, paludibus, oppidis, regia comitum prosapia ac territoribus [...] [half title:] [Tomus primus] ab anno ante Christum CCCIX. ad annum eiusdem DCCLI.

4to: [80]-798-[38] pp. (letters "Tomus primus" erased on half title; some spotting, staining at the end of vol.).

Contemp. vellum (sl. soiled), spine with 4 raised bands titled in ink. Good copy.

Vol. I, complete in itself, without the hard-to-find vol. II (1647) and III (1654), of a history of early-medieval Northern Gaul, the southern part of the Flanders (now Dpt. Pas-de-Calais) by the Jesuit historian Mallebrancq (1579-1653). Full-page engr. with coats of arms. 3 genealogical printed folding tables, and 3 engr. folding maps of the region, of Thérouanne and St. Omer. Double-page printed register with old and contemp. place names. Title in red & black.
Ref. Desmazières 136 (ext. descr.). - DBS V:439-440:3. - Not in Matagne (Namur).