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Dutch Revolt] - GYSIUS, Johannes - Origo & historia Belgicorum tumultum immanissimaeque crudelitatis per Cliviam & Westphaliam patratae (…) Accedit Historia tragica de Furoribus Gallicis. Leiden, [H. van Haestens for] B. vander Bild, 1619, 8vo, cont. vellum (loosening at front), flat spine, 2 parts, [14]-288, 46-[2] pp. (a few sm. tears in margins). Good copy.
1st ed. (2nd 1641) of the Latin trsl. of an anonym. publ. work on the Dutch Revolt, attributed to J. Gysius (Oostende 15xx-1652), “based mainly on Baudaert’s Morghenwecker” (Simoni). Part 2 with an account of St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, now ascribed to François Hotman. Engr. ills : 1 on each title, 17 portraits (i.a. Charles V), 1 ill. in text and 3 folding pl . Libr. stamps. Ref. B.B. III:371 G-65. HaitsmaMulier/VdLem (Repert. geschiedschr.) 197a. Simoni (BL) G-198.