Nieu tractaet en[de] curte bescrijuinghe van dat edel Graeffscap van Vlaenderen/ en[de] ander omligghende landen. Inhaudende veel wonderlicke antiquiteyten [...].

8vo: [96] ff. (minor soiling, fore-edge margin of a few "wider" ff. folded).

19th-c. dark blue half morocco, marbled paper on covers, richly gilt spine with 4 raised bands, marbled endpapers (rubbed, top corners def.). Good copy.

Very rare second edition (1st 1560) of a historical poem on the County of Flanders, known as "Vlaemsche audvremdigheyt" (1560 title), written by the Ghent politician and rhetorician Van Vaernewijck (1518-1569). With interesting details on the history of Ghent, Bruges, Ieper, Aalst, Dendermonde, Kortijk etc. 8 sm. woodcuts, incl. 3 of the Golden Fleece. Title in Gothic and italic, text in roman type.
Ref. BB V:408:V-61. - Machiels (Boekdr. 1560) 269 (1562, some copies "1563", as here). - BT 4665. - Bibl. gant. 216. - STC Dutch (BL) 202. - Pettegree (NB) 29944. - Not in Adams.