Commentarii sive Annales rerum Flandricarum libri septendecim [ed. Antonius Meyerus].

Sm. folio: [18]-374 ff. (some minor soiling, light marg. dampstaining).

Contemp. blind-ruled calf over wood (some sm. def. & scratches), old leather spine with 4 raised bands (an old rebacking, partly loosening), remains of 2 clasps & catches, metal corner pieces (1 gone), ff. of a 16th-c. Dutch Bible used as pastedowns & flyleaves. Good copy.

Revised edition of the "Compendium chronicorum Flandriae" (1538), an early humanist history of Flanders, from the Counts of Flanders until Charles the Bold, by J. Meyerus (1491-1552). Large woodcut Steelsius mark on 1st and last page. Title within ornamental border.
Ref. BT 2118. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 337b. - Adams M-1390. - Pettegree (NB) 21309. - STC Dutch (BL) 134. - STCV.
Prov. Kortrijk Capuchins (ms. entry). - Bruges Capuchins (stamps and label). - Ms. entries and paper label on recto & verso title.