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Essential for the history of the Dutch War of Independence

LE PETIT, Jean François.
La Grande Chronique Ancienne et Moderne, de Hollande, Zelande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'An 1600. Receüillee tant des histoires desdites Provinces, que de divers autres Auteurs.

With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem.

With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem.

With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem.

With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem.

With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem.



Dordrecht, Jacob Caninpour l'auteur, 1601. 2 vols. Sm.folio. Contemp. red morocco, with gilt fillets in panel design on spine and sides, with the small gilt crest of Thomas Hutton on spine. With 2 titles within richly engraved allegorical borders, full-page engraved portrait of the author, and 57 mostly full-page engraved portraits, including one portrait in woodcut, and allegorical engraved plate of the States General of the Dutch United Provinces, by Christoph van Sichem. (40), 650 (= 656), (2), 240; (16), 779 (= 788), (16) pp.

First edition of the famous Grande Chronique by Jean François Le Petit, who lived in the second half of the 16th century. In 1577 he was clerc of the Court at Bethune in Artois. He converted to protestantism and went into the service of William of Orange and was a military in the service of the Dutch States. Between 1595 and 1598 he was a notary at Middelburg in Zeeland, where he devoted most of his time to his historical works, resulting in the publishing of the Grande Chronique in 1601. The first part of the work is mainly based on the so-called "Divisie-kroniek" of Cornelius Aurelius, but the second part, devoted to the years 1556-1600, is of great historical value, giving numerous particulars and detailed information nowhere else to be found.
Le Petit, in the service of William of Orange and the Dutch States had been personally present at the bloody battles of 1572-1574, and had witnessed a large number of important political events, which made his "Grande Chronique" one of the most vivid and original sources for the period. The work also is of interest for the fine engraved plates and portraits by Christoffel van Sichem the Elder, engraver, woodcutter, printer and publisher at Amsterdam (1546-1624).

Fine copy in rich binding, with the armorial bookplate of Thomas Hutton, and the booklabel of Viscount Mersey, Bignon Park.
Bibl. Belg. L 60; Cf. G. de Wind, Bibl. Nederl. Geschiedschrijvers, 1835, vol. I, p. 285-286; Hollstein XXVII, C. van Sichem I, 27 and 73-128.

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