Constantinopolis Belgica, sive De rebus gestis a Balduino et Henrico Impp. Constantinopolitanis ortu Valentianensibus Belgis libri quinque. Accessit De excidio graecorum liber singularis [...].

4to: [22]-720-[14] pp. + folding genealogical tree "Hannoniorum Balduinorum stirps".

Contemp. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink. Excellent well-preserved copy.

Rare extensive history of the Fourth Crusade by the Hainaut Jesuit P. d’Outreman (1591-1656), which resulted in the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the conquest of large parts of the Byzantine Empire, and the foundation of the Latin Empire. Engr. arms of dedicatee Chr. Labbe, abbot of Vicogne, on verso of title. Title in red and black.
Ref. Desmazières 173. - DBS VI:38-39:7.