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Extremely rare, complete set of the church history of Gelderland

KNIPPENBERGH, Johannes.
Historia Ecclesiastica Ducatus Geldriae, in qua Catholicae Fidei origo in eodem Ducatu, ejusque propagatio, ac conservatio, Episcoporum insuper successio, Caetuum Religiosorum initia &c. recensensur, insertis etiam, quae in regimine Politico memoratu digna acciderunt à Christo nato usque ad annum MDCC.

With woodcut vignette on title, title printed in red and black, large folding aquatint portrait of the bishop of Roermond by E.Ch. Heiss and B. Vogel, Augsburg, after J. Sitterich, large arabesque head- and tail-pieces, and 7 large woodcut coat of arms in text.

With woodcut vignette on title, title printed in red and black, large folding aquatint portrait of the bishop of Roermond by E.Ch. Heiss and B. Vogel, Augsburg, after J. Sitterich, large arabesque head- and tail-pieces, and 7 large woodcut coat of arms in text.

With woodcut vignette on title, title printed in red and black, large folding aquatint portrait of the bishop of Roermond by E.Ch. Heiss and B. Vogel, Augsburg, after J. Sitterich, large arabesque head- and tail-pieces, and 7 large woodcut coat of arms in text.



Brussels, Franciscus Foppens, 1719. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed with gilt title. With woodcut vignette on title, title printed in red and black, large folding aquatint portrait of the bishop of Roermond by E.Ch. Heiss and B. Vogel, Augsburg, after J. Sitterich, large arabesque head- and tail-pieces, and 7 large woodcut coat of arms in text. (24), 296, (18) pp.

Together with:
CONTINUATIO Historiae Eclesiasticae Ducatus Geldriae, quondam a Johanne Knippenbergh Gelro-Heldensi descriptae, complectens varia, quae ab Anno MDCCI. memoratu digna in Gelria acciderunt cum aliquibus additamentis in praefata Historia desideratis, & ad haec usque tempora perductis.
Brussels, Franciscus Josephus d'Ours, 1806. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt with green title-label, dark green painted edges.  With flowered vignette on title. (4), 135, (1 blank) pp. in 2 columns.

Bound with:
NOTITIA NECROLOGICA. D. Joannis Baptistae Roberti, Baronis van Velde de Melroy et Sart-Bomal, XIV Episcopi Ruroemundensis, primatis Geldriae, pro aliquibus parochiis extinctae dioecesis Aquisgranensis, in regno Belgico administratoris Apostolici etc., etc., etc. Brussels, P.J. Heyvaert Pauwels, (1824). With large woodcut coat of arms of the deceased on title, title set within typographical borders, woodcut skull with crossed bones and small winged sand-glasses at either side at the head of text and large laureate skull with crossed bones underneath at the end. (2), 11, (3) pp.

Extremely rare complete set of the church history of the Duchy of Gelre, with its very rare continuation spanning the historical period from early times until 1805.
The first work in its first edition is written by Johannes Knippenbergh (1662-1742), a Catholic priest at Helden, and treats the history of the Catholic Church at Gelre and the bishopry of Roermond upto 1700. The book is dedicated to the Bishop of Roermond and includes his large and rare portrait in aquatint, which is mostly lacking. The preface is dated November 1718, and an extensive index is present as well. For the earliest history Knippenbergh used the classic history of Gelderland by Pontanus, from 1639, continued by Sligtenhorst in 1654 with his "Geldersche Geschiedenissen", also a classic in its field. The book is well produced, printed in Roman type in two columns with legenda in smaller type in the margins, and nicely adorned with elegant woodcut vignettes throughout.
Ad 2: The extremely rare continuation starts at 1701 and brings the church history up to about 1805. According to a manuscript note on title the authors were Goyers, Canon at Anderlecht, and Van Helmont, Canon at Malines. Of interest is also the added necrology of the bishop of Roermond, who died in 1824, to which is added the letter by Pope Leo XII written in November 1823 to console the bishop, then mortally ill.

Good set, part I from the Library of the Mission Brothers Lazaristen at Nijmegen.- (Binding rubbed, spine dam., recased with new endpapers; library stamp on title).
Bodel Nijenhuis 598; Nijhoff, Ned. Plaatsbeschr., 4412 (ad 1& 2, "très rare"); Knuttel, Ned. Bibliogr. Kerkgesch., p. 168 (ad 1& 2, "thans zeer zeldzaam"). Ad 2: Bodel Nijenhuis 599: "Zeer zeldzaam"; only one copy found recorded: University Library Michigan.

Related Subjects: Belgicana  Gelderland  History  Limburg  Low Countries  Netherlands  Religion 

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