64 - [HISTORY - LIÈGE] - KURTH, Godefroid

[HISTORY - LIÈGE] - KURTH, Godefroid The City of Liège in the Middle Ages. Brussels, A. Dewit - Liège, L. Demarteau / N. Cormaux, 1909–1910, 3 volumes In-8°. Blue-gray half-cloth with corner pieces. Author’s copy, title and volume numbers in red morocco. Showing normal wear and tear. First edition of this masterpiece of Belgian medieval historiography, which remains the most accomplished work of the renowned historian Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916). In it, the author traces with remarkable critical rigor the history of the city on the Meuse from its earliest origins to its dramatic destruction by Charles the Bold in 1468. The first volume (1909) covers the origins and the early 14th century; the second (1910) deals with the 14th century and the rise of democracy; while the third (1910) details the crises of the 15th century. A fundamental work on the political, institutional, and social life of Liège. References: Pirenne, Bibliography of the History of Belgium, 1017. Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (without bookplate)