Historie van het verval des Kaiserryks nae de doodt van Carolus Magnus, ofte Carel de Groote [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [8 incl. front.]-271-[1 bl.], 254-[30] pp. (toning, some minor soiling).

Contemp. overl. vellum (front inner hinge almost loose), flat spine titled in ink. Good copy with some traces of use.

Very rare first Dutch edition of "Histoire de la décadence de l'empire après Charlemagne et des différends des Empereurs avec les papes au sujet des investitures et de l’indépendance" (1679) by the (former) French Jesuit L. Maimbourg (1610-1686), translated by H. van Quellenburgh. Engr. ill.: front. and 16 plates, of which 4 signed by T. Doesburgh. No other copy of this book on the market.
Ref. STCN. - Not in BL.
Prov. "ex libris Francisci Vandaele" (contemp. ms. entry on front.). - Stamp on title. - Bookpl. torn out.