8 - [HISTORY - FLANDERS] - HAER, Floris van der

[HISTORY - FLANDERS] - HAER, Floris van der "The Lords of Lille: Their Former Status, Office, and Family. Including the estates of the former counts of the Roman Republic and Empire, the Goths, Lombards, Burgundians, and French, and—during their reigns—the foresters and former counts of Flanders" Lille, Christofle Beys, 1611 Small in-4°. Full vellum binding with period flaps. Smooth spine with title in ink. Losses on the front cover and, to a lesser extent, on the spine. Wormholes on the last few leaves. A few leaves slightly browned. First edition of this seminal work, complete with its six fold-out genealogical tables. It is considered the very first major book on local history and genealogy printed in the city of Lille. Written by the learned scholar Floris van der Haer, canon and treasurer of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre in Lille, this treatise offers a rigorous analysis of feudal structures, the office of the former territorial governors, and the genealogy of the region’s leading châtelain families. The printing was entrusted to Christophe Beys, a certified printer and a leading figure in Lille’s printing industry in the early 17th century. The inclusion of large fold-out genealogical charts adds significant documentary value to this reference publication on the County of Flanders. Provenance: from the Library of Philippe de Volkaersbeke (ex-libris) References: Saffroy, II, 22283 a