Rerum Belgicarum annales chronici et historici de bellis, urbibus, situ, & moribus gentis antiqui recentioresque scriptores [...]. Tomus primus, I. Iohannes Gerbrandus a Leydis, et II. Reynerus Snoyus Goudanus De comitibus Hollandiae, Zelandiae, Frisiae, &c. [ed. Jacobus Brassica]. III. Aegidius a Roya, abbas Cisterciensis, et IV. Anonymus, De Belgicis rebus [ed. Andreas Schottus, S.J.].

3 parts in 1 vol., folio: [24]-373-[2 bl.-1], [12]-206, 107 [= 103]-[1] pp. (browning throughout).

Contemp. blind-stamped vellum, spine with 6 raised bands titled in ink. Good copy.

Editio princeps of 3 late medieval chronicles of the Low Countries, edited by Franciscus Sweertius (Antwerp 1567-1629): "Holland" by Jan Gerbrantszoon van Leyden (d. 1504) and R. Snoy (1477-1537), and "Flanders" by Aegidius de Roya (d. 1478). The 4th title announced is not present and was probably never published. Woodcut printer's mark on titles of pt. I & II and at end of pt. I & III.
Ref. VD17 23:230924P. - STC German 1601-1700 (BL) S-3238. - Cp. Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 448a (Snoy).
Prov. Contemp. biographical ms. note on Sweertius on flyleaf.