Kavel 1083
1083
CHAPBOOKS -- AERDIGE HISTORIE van Robrecht, genaemd den duyvel, die in zijn leven veel kwaed dede, en naemaels geworden is eenen vriend Gods. Ghent, Gebr. Gimblet, (c. 1785). 47 pp. W. woodcut caricaturical front., woodcut ti-vign. & 4 text-woodcuts. 12°. Rebound in h. vellum w. red cf. label & gilt lettering. (New endpapers, tight in binding, slightly browned/foxed).
Dutch chapbook, adapted after the famous French romance of chivalry "Robert le Diable". Cf. Children's World of Learning 1902 (ed. of c. 1700): "Originating from the 13th century, the story was first published in Lyon in 1496 (…). The hero of the story, Robert, was the son of the Duke of Normandy and Robert's mother was the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy. In his youth he ran amok and went plundering and murdering through France. But when Robert saw the daughter of the Emperor of Rome he repented and after he had won a victory over the Saracens marching on Rome he married the Emperor's daughter." - Vander Haeghen, Bibl. Gantoise, 5067; Van Heurck p. 31-32. Not in Waller, Muller, De Vries, Scheepers. Rare, only 2 copies in NCC.€ 300
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