CHRONICLES -- (MOLLIJNS, J.). Die Nieuwe Chronijcke van Brabandt oft vervolch vande oude. Midtsgaders Vlaenderen, Hollandt en Zeelant, (…). Antwerp, (etc.), J. Mollijns, 1565. (4), 457, (3) pp. W. large woodcut portr. of Charles V on the ti-p. and 8 woodcuts in the text. (Lacking the fold. representation of the canal between Brussels and Antwerp (= leaf 1A1). -- Bound up with: DIT IS DIE AFCOEMSTE en de Gena(!)logie der Hertoghen ende Hertoginnen van Brabandt, vande welcke de eerste was Salvius Brabon (…). Antwerp, J. Mollijns, 1565. (36 (of 38)) lvs., incl. a last blank that fails in this copy. W. 67 (of 71) full-p. woodcut portraits in the text with broad woodcut border on the outer margin. (Margins short w. some loss at top end). -- 2 in 1 vol. Fol. 18th c. cf. (Spine and corners a bit dam./worn, in good interior condition, but w. some staining progressing at end of 2nd part).
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