Dye Cronijcke Zeelandt (2 results)

First edition of the first Chronicle of the Dutch Province of Zeeland, which is still a very important source for its early history. It is the first work to discuss non-political aspects of Zeeland, such as floods, trade, the growing importance of towns and cities, dykes, and changes in soil. Jan Janse Reijgersberch from Cortgene (dies 1560), whose identity is revealed in the granted privilege, moved in 1532 to Veere when Cortgene was inundated, and he stayed there until his death in 1572. He was a protégé of Maximilian of Burgundy, and must have had easy access to the government files. The present first edition was already in 1831 by De Wind called very rare.With the large armorial bookplate of Custis, a noble family of 's-Hertogenbosch, mounted on the front pastedown, with an ownership annotation by C. F. Custis below. The binding is somewhat rubbed, with a scratch on the front board, the joints are weakened, but the structural integrity of the binding is still intact. A mild water stain in the upper outer corner of the first three quarters of the work, barely affecting the text, the map is somewhat browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Belg. Typogr. 4156; Haitsma Mulier & van der Lem 397; Nijhoff & Van Hattum 262; STCN 111518024; STCV 12916783; USTC 400841; De Wind, pp. 152-156. 17th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf, sewn on 4 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, red and green sprinkled edges. With an allegorical woodcut title with the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland, Charles V and Maximilian, a folding woodcut map of Zeeland, a small woodcut portrait of Charles V, a full-page woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the verso of the last leaf, and 6 mostly full-page woodcut coats of arms of Maximilian, the province of Zeeland, and of the cities Middelburg, Veere, Zierikzee and Cortgene in the text, further with numerous decorated woodcut initials. Pages: [194] ll.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1551 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 405 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 405.