Rerum Brabanticarum libri XIX. Studio Auberti Miraei canonici Antverpiensis primum nunc editi, et illustrati.

Antwerp, H. Verdussen, 1610

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4to: [8]-148 [= 248]-[16] pp. (ms. entry cut out of title; some browning & spotting).

Contemp. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (joints split, head & tail def.). Good copy.

First edition of the history of Brabant by the historian Divaeus (1536-1581), ed. by the Antwerp canon & historian Miraeus. Large woodcut mark on title.
Ref. De Ridder (Le Mire) 26. - Simoni (BL) D-64. - STCV.
Prov. "F. De Baillencourt", i.e. probably François de Baillencourt (1610-1681), bishop of Bruges (contemp. ms. entry on title). - Jesuit college Leuven (libr. label and stamp).
Bound with: Oraison funebre du tres-illustre comte Julius de Dietrichstein [...] mort à Anvers le 5. Mars 1713. dite en l'Eglise de la Maison professe de Peres de la Compagnie de Jesus. Prononcée par le Reverend Pere Ignace de Clercq. [Antwerp], s.n., [1713]. 7-[1 bl.] pp. Ref. Not in STCV.