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Charles V] - Vanden alder victorieusten/ en(de) onverwinlijcsten Prinche Karolus / Keyser va(n) Roomen/ Coninck va(n) Spaengien (...) gheboren Graue van Vlaendren. Antwerp, W. Vorsterman, 11 July 1531, folio, mod. half vellum, flat spine, marbl. paper on covers, lix (= 60) ff. (without the 5 final ff. with "Die Tafele"; some clear dampstains). Good copy.
Part II of the famous “Excellente cronike van Vlaenderen”, containing the contemporary narrative of the career of Emperor Charles V. Large woodcut portrait on title & 32 large woodcuts within various borders; present is the double-leaf woodcut with the "Siege of Vienna". Gothic type in 2 cols of 50 ll. Old ownership entry on last p. A few old marg. notes i.a. in fine : "int Jaer ons heeren 1764 hebben de eerw. PP. guillielmiten te brugge hun convent verlaeten om de armoede soo men seght en syn naer andere conventen gegaen". Ref. NK 659. Pettegree NB 26840. B.B. I:998-1004 C-318. Adams F-585.