38 - [HISTORY - UNION OF BRUSSELS] - DE JONGE, Johannes Cornelis

[HISTORY - UNION OF BRUSSELS] - DE JONGE, Johannes Cornelis "The Union of Brussels of the Year 1577, Published According to the Original" [Followed by:] "Additions and Corrections to the Union of Brussels, from the Year 1577" The Hague, Widow of J. Allart, 1825 [and] Delft, Widow of J. Allart, 1827, 2 volumes. In-8°. Period light morocco half-leather binding with small corners. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets. Author’s name and title in red morocco. Scuffing and a small tear at the top of the first joint of Vol. I. First edition and first printing of this seminal documentary study devoted to the Union of Brussels of 1577. Conceived by Johannes Cornelis de Jonge (1793–1853), then assistant archivist of the Kingdom, the work sheds light on a political agreement that laid the foundation for the Eighty Years’ War, through which the Catholic and Protestant provinces temporarily united to demand the withdrawal of Spanish troops and defend their traditional liberties. Our copy is supplemented here by its rare second part, *Bijvoegselen en verbeteringen* (supplements and corrections), published two years later in Delft in 1827. This reference collection is particularly sought after by historians for its major prosopographic contribution: it normally includes a large, detachable insert (often a facsimile in in-plano format) reproducing the exact list as well as the signatures of the 257 nobles and dignitaries who united under this historic Union. References: Aa, Biographisch woordenboek, XI, 361; Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi, II, 704. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)