42 - [HISTORY - BRUGES] - [DE CROŸ, Charles / CARTON, Charles-Louis (Eds.)]

[HISTORY - BRUGES] - [DE CROŸ, Charles / CARTON, Charles-Louis (Eds.)] [Brussels, Imprimerie de M. Hayez, 1844–1845], 2 works bound in 1 volume In-4°. Contemporary brown glossy half-calf. Smooth spine. Titles gilt lengthwise, surrounded by gilt arabesques. Normal wear and tear. Rare foxing. An exceptional composite volume bringing together two of the most distinguished bibliophilic rarities of 19th-century Flemish historiography, printed in an ultra-limited edition for the members of the Bruges Society of Emulation: - [DE CROŸ, Charles / REIFFENBERG, Frédéric-Auguste de (Eds.)], “True History of the Most Notable and Memorable Events That Have Taken Place in the City of Bruges…,” [1845]. A separate, deluxe first edition, limited to only 24 copies on heavy paper (No. 12). Written in 1588 by the prince’s entourage, this text constitutes the personal political defense of Charles III de Croÿ (1560–1612), justifying his tumultuous actions against the Calvinist rebels and the reconciliation of Bruges with the Spanish camp led by Alexander Farnese. References: National Bibliography of Belgium, I, 508; ASEB, VI, Table, p. 81. [CARTON, Charles-Louis (Ed.)], “Die Heerlicke Incomste van den doorluchtigen Vorst ende Heere Fransoys van Vrankryke... into his triumphant city of Bruges," [1844] A deluxe offprint, limited to only 23 copies. A first-rate scholarly publication edited by Abbé Charles Carton based on the extremely rare text by Thomas Moerman (1582). This document recounts in minute detail the pomp and protocol of the Joyous Entry into Bruges of François d’Anjou (brother of King Henry III of France), who had been chosen as the new sovereign by the rebellious provinces—a visit overshadowed by a notorious assassination attempt plotted against him and Prince William of Orange. References: Potthast, *Bibliotheca Historica Medii Aevi*, II, p. 732; ASEB, VI (1844), pp. 81–95. A collection of the utmost rarity for the history of the unrest in the Southern Netherlands, combining two confidential prints of paramount importance for Maritime Flanders. Provenance: from the Library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (ex-libris)