Coustumen usancien ende stijl van procederen der stadt/ vryheyt/ ende iurisdictie van Mechelen/ gheapprobeert ende gheauctorizeerd byde Keyserlijcke Maiesteyt/ als Heere van Mechelen. Inde[n] jaere ons Heere M.D.XXXV.

4to: [4]-lxiiii ff. (1st quire expertly repaired, title dusty, some worming in quires A-D, L-M & R3-4, quire B strengthened at inner margin, some minor soiling).

20th-c. blind-stamped leather "à l'antique": covers with central flower tool within roll-stamped border and corner pieces, gilt titled spine with 4 raised bands. Good copy.

Extr. rare Antwerp edition of the local legislation of Mechelen, legal heart of the Low Countries in the 16th c. Woodcuts: coat of arms of Charles V with device "Plus outre" and arms of Mechelen on title, 1 page with large arms (verso A4). Printed in gothic type.
Ref. NK 631. - Machiels M-346. - Pettegree NB 20920. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL), Bn-Opale plus.
Prov. Some contemp. marg. notes and corrections in text, on p. lxii signed by the Mechelen secretary Diederik van Orssele. - Ownership entry on verso title deleted.
Bound with: Additie ampliatie ende declaratie va[n]de[n] Costume[n]/ usancie[n]/ en[de] stijl va[n] p[ro]cedere[n] der stadt vryheyt en[de] iurisdictie va[n] Mechelen. Ibid., 1541. 4to: [8] ff. (dampstaining, last f. dusty and frayed). Extr. rare addition to the first work. Woodcuts: coat of arms of Charles V with device "Plus outre" and arms of Mechelen on title and large arms on verso last f. Ref. BT 17. - Pettegree NB 20888. - Not in Adams, Machiels, STC Dutch (BL), Bn-Opale plus. Prov. Some old notes on last 2 ff.