32 - [HISTORY - GHENT] - SCHAYES, Antoine Guillaume Bernard / DE KEMPENARE, Philips

[HISTORY - GHENT] - SCHAYES, Antoine Guillaume Bernard / DE KEMPENARE, Philips A two-volume set of two seminal chronicles of Ghent: - SCHAYES, Antoine Guillaume Bernard "Dagboek der Gentsche Collatie, containing a detailed account of the events in Ghent and elsewhere in Flanders that occurred from the years 1446 to 1515" Ghent, L. Hebbelynck, 1842. In-8°. Chocolate-colored glazed half-calf. Spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gold. Author’s name and title in gold. Marbled edges. Slight rubbing. Rare foxing. First edition of this meticulous chronicle of the Grand Council of Ghent, published from a valuable anonymous manuscript. The work provides a day-by-day account of the political and corporate machinations surrounding the Great Ghent Revolt against Philip the Good (1449–1453), the defeat at Gavere, and the tensions under Maximilian of Austria. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, III, 412; Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi, I, 351. - DE KEMPENARE Philips - [BLOMMAERT Philip] "Vlaemsche kronijk, or Daily Register of All Memorable Events That Have Occurred Within the City of Ghent, from July 15, 1566, to June 15, 1585" Brussels & Leipzig, C. Muquardt, 1839 Large 8vo. Black glazed half-calf. Spine with 4 raised bands decorated with pearls and gilt fillets. Author’s name and title gilt. Scuffing. Foxing. First edition of this crucial 16th-century chronicle edited by Philip Blommaert. This exceptional eyewitness account offers a raw immersion into the heart of the city during the Beggars’ Revolt and the rise of the Calvinist Republic (1577–1584), up to the capitulation to Farnese. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, II, 381; Blankaert, Flemish Historiography, 214. A remarkable collection of two complementary historical diaries, indispensable for understanding the democratic struggles, guild structures, and major uprisings in the city of Ghent, from the end of the Burgundian era through the Wars of Religion. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)