5 documents relating to Brabant, Flanders and Limburg.

Various sizes, folded, on vellum, in Dutch and Latin.

1. Document in the name of Philippe de Maldeghem, Alderman of Brugse Vrije, regarding Westkapelle. 21 Nov. 1592. Folio (27 x 19 cm): 12 ff. (some ff. with mould spots or soiling). Sewn. Maldeghem (1547-1611) was several times Mayor of the Brugse Vrije and the first Fleming to translate in French Petrarch's Rime and Triumfi (1st ed. 1600). Ref. Biogr. nat. XIII:209-293. - Adam, Bingen, Lectures italiennes, 56-59. - 2. Document delivered by the aldermen of Zaventem and Sterrebeek. 12 Nov. 1615. 1 f. (32 x 39 cm) (seal is missing, minor soiling, some text underlined). - 3. Document signed before the aldermen of Asselt (South Limburg, Netherlands). 23 March 1656. 1 f. (17 x 30 cm) (1 seal missing, the other used and sl. broken). - 4. Letter of annuity (Rentbrief). Brussels, 30 July 1671. 1 f. (35 x 28,5 cm) (mould spots, sl. soiling, seal missing). - 5. Bachelor Degree "in the two rights" (utriusque iuris) delivered by the University of Leuven to Joannes Josephus de Cort (°Brussels). 29 Oct. 1774. 1 f. (22 x 32 cm), printed (seal missing). Ref. Wekelijks nieuws uit Loven. Leuven, 1774, IV:280.