Lot n° 1178

Flanders - DE WREE, Olivier - De seghelen der Graven van Vlaenderen ende voorschriften van hunne brieven histori-wys uyt-gheleyt; eerst in 't Latijn / ende nu in het Vlaemsch (...). Bruges, Jan Baptist & Lucas vanden Kerchove, 1640

Estimation : 200 / 200
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
2 parts in 1 vol., folio, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine (loosening), [33] + 56 ff. with 112 numbered plates with engr. seals, 208-[44] ff. (some min. staining, pl. 36, 75 and 105 repaired). Good copy. Dutch trsl. by the author of the Latin ed. "Sigilla Comitum Flandriae" (1639); in 1640 also a French trsl. was published. This study of the seals and charters of the Counts of Flanders by the Bruges lawyer and historian Olivier de Wree (1596-1652) is based on many documents now lost. Circular engr. ill. on t.-p., num. engr. seals, genealogical engr. tables and 1 map. Ownership entry on title (erased), some ms. notes.
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