Ducum Brabantiae chronica, item Brabantiados poema Melchioris Barlaei. Iconibus nunc primum illustrata [...].

Folio: [16]-192-[50-2 bl.] pp. (some minor soiling and oxidation spots, portrait on f. Cc mounted).

Old marbled calf (corners rubbed), gilt spine with 6 raised bands (rubbed, joints rubbed, head def.), red sp. edges. Good copy.

First illustrated ed. of this chronicle (1st ed. Antwerp, 1526) by the humanist Barlandus (1486-1538). Engr. ill.: mark on title, 1 full-page plate showing the coat of arms of Albert & Isabella, the rare double-page map of Brabant (sm. tear at bottom fold) and 36 beautiful full-page portraits of the Dukes of Brabant, engr. by Ph. Galle i.a. after Antonio de Succa. Woodcut mark at end.
Ref. BT 256. - Imhof (Moretus) B-1. - STC Dutch (BL) 18. - Adams B-210. - BB I:158:B-279. - STCV.
Prov. Adrien de Gasparin (1783-1862), French statesman and agriculturist (stamp on title).