Live auction - Lot 1182
[Chronicle - Netherlands]
De oude Hollandsche geschiedenissen ofte Korte Hollandtsche Rym-Kronyck, verdeylt in 14. poëtische boecken, beginnende van de Suntvloet, ende eyndigende (...) omtrent 't jaer 1560 (...) [and] Lof des vredes.
Amsterdam, (Gillis Joosten [Saeghman] for) Johannes Pauli, 1645
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
4to, 2 parts : [145], [26] ff. (some minor soiling).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine. Good copy.
1st ed. of this chronicle by Wachtendorp who was a preacher in Deursen, Nieuwpoort, Breda & Gouda (died 1700). Verse chronicle of the medieval history of Holland, incl. long parts about the Burgundian rulers. Copy with the dedication to the Burgomasters of Amsterdam (other copies have one to the States General). Ill. with an engr. front. and 44 engr. ills : 31 portraits of Counts of Holland and 13 various ills (i.a. pastoral scenes, portrait of St Willibrord). Coll. ticket D.H. vander Meersch, m.d. Mod. bookpl. Marcel Casteleyn. Ref. STCN.