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LOT 291
SOLD €1700,00

[Rijnlandse kroniekenserie] "Den oorspronck en beghinsel ofte generatie der Baenre heeren

van Wassenaer, Burchgrave van Leyden, heeren van den Rijn ende Catwyc opter Zee, van Valckenburgh, van Voorschoten, vrijheeren van den hoogen ende laegen gerechte ril [?]". (Title page of first chronicle, with gold-heightened initial). Manuscript, c. 1600, 257 numbered leaves, all pages up to leaf 223 written except for a few blank pages, written on both sides in a steady, well legible hand, preceded by an alphabetical index in the same hand of 3 p., followed by sl. later additions and an index in order of paging of 1 p. in another hand, contemporary turned vellum with central gilt oval medallion inside gilt borderlines with corner rosettes on both boards, spine with 5 gilt compartments with central rosettes and old spine title in ink: "Geschiedkundige oorsprong van meer dan 60 heerlijkheden en adelsgeslachten", 4to.

Bound with: text in French in the same hand of 45 leaves written on both sides with salutation "Charle [?] par la grace de Dieu Duc de Bourgoigne (...)". Lacks splits and ties, upper joint split, vellum sl. stained. With on title page 3 contemporary owner's names: "Ex libris fam. I. Lautem" [crossed out]; "Ex libris F. Brouvchovii/ Fam. Pauli Swanenburch".

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