[BAUDOUIN de FLANDRES]. Les Nobles prouesses et vaillances de baudoyn conte de flandres. et de Ferrant filz au roy de Portingal qui apres fut conte de flandres. Item aulcunes croniques du roy Phelippe en son viuãt roy de frãce et de ses quatre filsz. Item aussi du roy sainct Loys et de son filz Jehan tristan... In-4, green jansenist morocco, 6-rib spine, interior lace, gilt edges ( Leichton Brewer). Baudrier, XII-108 // Bechtel, 57/B-64 // Brunet, I-706 // Fairfax Murray, 25 // USTC, 79154. (48f.) / a-m4 / 41 long lines, gothic car / 170 x 245 mm. Seventh edition in Gothic type, reported by Bechtel. Prose setting of an earlier poem whose author is unknown. It tells the story of Baudouin IX, Count of Flanders, who married a devil, was reformed by a hermit, took part in the Crusade and remained a prisoner of the infidels for 25 years. He then returned to Flanders, where his daughter Jeanne, wife of Ferrand of Portugal, had him put to death. A curious romanticized story of the real Baudouin IX, Count of Flanders, who became Emperor of Constantinople in 1204 and was killed in 1206. A mid-page woodcut depicting the author offering his book, a full-page woodcut depicting Baudouin and his diabolical wife, 75 illustrations in the text, 15 of which are repeated, and numerous lettrines of various sizes. Copy probably cited by Brunet in mar. v. but with 2ff. mended... Only copy listed by USTC. Binding faded, marginal repair to title and one leaf with loss of text picked up in ink, marginal repairs without damage to text to many other leaves. Provenance: Fairfax Murray (label, no. 25).