Decreta et statuta Synodi provincialis Mechliniensis, die undecima mensis Iunii, anni millesimi, quingentensimi, septuagesimi [...] praesidente [...] Martino Rythovio episcopo Iprensi [...] nomine [...] Antonii Perrenot [...] cardinalis Granuellani.

4to: 79 pp.

18th-c. gold-tooled calf, covers with large gilt ornamental border, gilt spine with 7 raised bands, gilt sides, a.e.g., silk marker, filled up with blank paper (sl. rubbed, tail def.). Very nice well-preserved large paper copy (268 x 190 mm).

Very rare deluxe 4to-size edition, also publ. in 8vo, of the decisions taken by the Mechelen Synod of 11 June 1570, headed by the Ieper bishop Rythovius and approved by Cardinal Granvelle. Woodcut arms on title.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 1061. - BT 834. - Pettegree (NB) 20900. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos.
Prov. Théodore de Jonghe (1801-1860), Belgian historian and collector (armorial bookpl.). - Joseph van Zuylen (1871-1962), Argenteau, Belgian politician (id.). - Sm. armorial collector’s ticket. - Another bookpl. removed from lower endpaper.