Live veiling - Lot 756
[Antwerp imprint - Flanders]
Commentarii sive Annales rerum Flandricarum libri septendecim [...] [ed. Antonius Meyerus].
Antwerp, J. Grapheus for J. Steelsius, 1561
€ 200 / 300
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Beschrijving lot
Sm. folio: [18]-374 ff.
Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, red sp. edges (sm. stains). Good copy.
Important 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. Mechelen prize book awarded to "Guilhelmus Van Oorbeeck" on 23 Aug 1810 (inscription on front flyleaf). Ref. BT 2118. - Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 337b. - Adams M-1390. - Machiels M-468. - Pettegree NB 21309. - STCDutch (BL) 134. - STCV. Prov. Crossed out ownership entries on title page. - Mod. bookplate.