36 - [HISTORY - MONOGRAPHS] - GACHARD, Louis-Prosper / VOISIN, Auguste

[HISTORY - MONOGRAPHS] - GACHARD, Louis-Prosper / VOISIN, Auguste A set of two first-rate historical monographs in two volumes: [SOCIÉTÉ DES BIBLIOPHILES DE MONS] - Louis-Prosper Gachard, "The Defense of Sir Antoine de Lalaing, Count of Hocstrate,...", Mons, Hoyois-Derely, 1838. In-8°. Black glossy half-calf. Spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gold fillets. Slight rubbing. First edition of 100 copies (No. 6 of the Société des Bibliophiles de Mons). This 1568 defense against the Council of Troubles of the Duke of Alba is supplemented by the count’s unpublished correspondence with Margaret of Parma and a biographical note. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, II, 412; Dutch Revolt Database, Univ. Leiden. VOISIN, Auguste. A Critical Examination of the Historians of Jacques Van Artevelde. Ghent, L. Hebbelynck, 1842. 8vo. Bottle-green glazed half-calf. Spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gold fillets. Slight wear. First edition of this dissertation by the chief librarian of the University of Ghent, which vindicates Jacques van Artevelde against the accounts of earlier chronicles. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, III, 604; Blankaert, Flemish Historiography, 294. A remarkable thematic collection dedicated to the publications of the learned societies of Hainaut and Flanders, focusing on political resistance in the Netherlands. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)