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[Popular literature - Low Countries]

"Den hollantschen Diës Irae" = "Le Dies Irae hollandois".

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Ath, 1758

Dutch and French ms. on paper, sm. 4to: [16] ff., black ink.

Old reused vellum (soiled, tears), ties. In good condition.

The larger part of this ms. (ff. 1-13) contains a popular poem in Dutch with a French translation facing it with the title "Den hollantschen Diës Irae" - "Le Dies Irae hollandois", concerning the threat the French pose for the Dutch "Kaes-boeren" - "Faiseurs du fromage". The last 3 ff. have various popular French texts; the location and date of these last lvs can be traced, a.o., from the sentence with chronogram "Mons et Ath saLLIent Les nobLes FoLs sen DIVertIsent", or "A Ath le 10 juillet 1758".

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Lot 776

"Den hollantschen Diës Irae" = "Le Dies Irae hollandois".

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