21 - [HISTORY - NETHERLANDS] - ALMELOVEEN, Theodoor Jansson van [under the pseudonym Phileleutherus Timaretes]

[HISTORY - NETHERLANDS] - ALMELOVEEN, Theodoor Jansson van [under the pseudonym Phileleutherus Timaretes] "Collectio monumentorum, rerumque maxime insignium, Belgii Faederati: e templis et locis publicis urbium et academiarum, a primordiis Reipublicae hucusque deducta, qualis nunquam antehac divulgata" Amstelodami, Published by the widow of Joseph Brouning, 1684 In-8°. Full contemporary calfskin. Spine with 5 raised bands, richly decorated with gilded floral panels and arabesques. Title label in oxblood morocco. All edges gilt. Normal wear and tear; cap bands damaged; corners worn. A few errors by the bookbinder in the pagination (see end of volume). Interior fresh. First edition and first printing of this important epigraphic and archaeological collection, published under a pseudonym by the famous Dutch physician and humanist Theodoor Jansson van Almeloveen. Printed in Amsterdam by the widow of Joseph Brouning, the work brings together a vast corpus of ancient inscriptions, famous epitaphs, commemorative plaques, and historical monuments recorded in the principal temples, public buildings, universities, and academies of the United Provinces since the founding of the Republic. The second part of the work offers a rigorous Latin translation of numerous verses, historical poems, and laments originally composed in the Flemish or Dutch languages. A first-rate historiographical document for the study of the collective memory and monumental heritage of the Dutch Golden Age. Provenance: from the Library of Philippe de Volkaersbeke (ex-libris) References: Kervyn de Volkaersbeke, p. 112; Brunet, III, p. 1420