26 - [HISTORY - FLANDERS & UNREST]

[HISTORY - FLANDERS & UNREST] A COLLECTION OF THREE WORKS ON THE UNREST IN FLANDERS Includes: 1/ BEAUCOURT DE NOORTVELDE, Patrice Antoine de, “A Faithful Account of the Troubles and Revolutions That Occurred in Flanders and Its Vicinity from Charles, Known as ‘the Good,’ Count of Flanders, Until the Year 1584.” Bruges: Fr. van Hese, 1792. 1 vol. in-8°. Binding in fair condition. First edition of the first and only volume published, ending in the year 1506 due to the French Revolutionary Wars. 2/ BEAUCOURT DE NOORTVELDE, Patrice Antoine de, “Second Part of the Faithful Account of the Troubles and Revolutions that Occurred in Flanders […], published for the first time from the author’s manuscript by the Society of Belgian Bibliophiles based in Mons." Mons, Hoyois, 1845. 8vo. Aubergine-colored half-maroquin. Scattered foxing. First edition of this series, printed in a limited run of only 100 numbered copies (No. 17), covering the period from 1506 to 1585. 3/ LE GLAY, Edward, “A Rhymed Chronicle of the Troubles in Flanders at the End of the 14th Century, Followed by Unpublished Documents Relating to These Troubles, Published from a Manuscript in the Library of Mr. Ducas, in Lille.” Lille, J. Ducrocq Press, 1842. 8vo. Contemporary gray half-cloth. Scattered foxing. First edition of this fragment of an anonymous medieval poem recounting the Ghent uprisings during the reign of Count Louis de Male, published in a limited run of only 125 copies. A collection of great historical and bibliophilic value combining the complete history of the Beaucourt de Noortvelde uprisings with the medieval poetic sources unearthed by Edward Le Glay, forming a valuable corpus on the popular insurrections and civil wars of Flanders. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (bookplate)