[Belgium] La Légende des Flamens. Chronique abrégée,

en laquelle est faict succinct recueil de l'origine des peuples & estatz de Flandres, Artois, Haynault & Bourgongne, & des guerres par eulx faictes à leurs princes & à leurs voisins: auec plaisante co(m)memoration(n) de plusieurs choses faictes & auenues en France Angleterre & Alemaigne, depuis sept ou huict cens ans (...). Paris, G. du Pré, 1558. 2nd ed. (8),152 lvs, large woodcut printer's mark on final page, contemp. polished calf w. central ornament and gilt corner fleurons, ribbed spine.

Former owner's entries of "Duc de St. Martin de Teillé" and 1 other on title and a few more at the end, ex libris of Léon Duchesne de la Sicotière (1812-1895, French historian and politician) and Cécile et Michel le Calvé, (contemp.) annotations on title-p., last p. and endpapers. First 4 lvs. w. sm. repaired hole in blank upper corner, occas. staining, rebacked w. use of the orig. backstrip and restorations to first free endpaper and to cover edges. Beautifully printed edition by Du Pré of this anonymous chronicle of the relations of the French kings with Flanders. Rare, not in Adams.