27 - [HISTORY - FLANDERS] - LE GLAY, Edward / VAN PRAET, Jules

[HISTORY - FLANDERS] - LE GLAY, Edward / VAN PRAET, Jules Set of 2 historical works in 4 volumes: - LE GLAY, Edward, "History of the Counts of Flanders until the Accession of the House of Burgundy," Brussels, A. Vandale, 1843, 2 volumes. In-8°. Period half-cloth binding. First edition of this seminal scholarly study. Drawing on a meticulous examination of charters from the archives of the Nord department, the archivist and paleographer traces the political and institutional evolution of the region, from its origins through the death of Louis de Male in 1384 and the region’s transition to Burgundian rule. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, II, 542; Blankaert, Flemish Historiography, 188. VAN PRAET, Jules, “History of Flanders, from Count Gui de Dampierre to the Dukes of Burgundy, 1280–1383,” Brussels, H. Tarlier, 1828, 2 volumes. In-8°. Red grained half-calf with small corners. Smooth, decorated spine. Normal wear and tear. First edition and first printing of this seminal historiographical work written by the future advisor to King Leopold I. In it, the author clearly analyzes the resistance against Philip the Fair, the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302), and the Artevelde uprisings, highlighting the emergence of the urban communes of Bruges and Ghent. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, III, 214; de Reume, Bibliographic Varieties, p. 118. A valuable collection of two indispensable and complementary monographs for the study of economic structures, communal liberties, and Franco-Flemish suzerainty relations in the Middle Ages. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)