Marnix, A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, [1583]

MARNIX, PHILIPS VAN, AND OTHERS

A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders... with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard... Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. London: John Kyngston [and Thomas Dawson] for Tobie Smith, [1583]

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 2 parts in one volume, small 4to (185 x 132mm.), black letter, near-contemporary notes on verso of last leaf, nineteenth-century calf by S. Mepham of Dorchester, small hole in title and following leaf, title soiled, minor worming in lower outer margin at beginning of second part, lacking S4 (presumably blank), binding rubbed, upper joint partly split, slight loss at head of spine

According to ESTC, this is "a translation [by Thomas Stocker] of "Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen", which is somet.mes s attributed to Philips van Marnix van St. Aldegonde and to Carolus Rijckewaert (called Theophilus); the latter signs the second dedication here."

LITERATURE:

ESTC S111524; not in Cockle

PROVENANCE:

W. Barnes, nineteenth-century signature; Fitzedward Hall, orientalist and philologist, bookplate