1585 DUTCH History Chronicle Divisiekroniek Netherlands Holland Zealand Woodcuts

1585 DUTCH History Chronicle Divisiekroniek Netherlands Holland Zealand Woodcuts

“The keystone [work] of Middle Dutch historiography!”

The “Divisiekroniek” was the first and most important 16^th-century Dutch national chronicle. It was notable for containing some of the most famous descriptions of Dutch history, providing insight into the Renaissance in Northern Netherlands – Holland, Zealand, and Friesland – first printed in 1517. According to Blok, the ‘Divisiekroniek’

“was the usual reading-book in the 16^th– and 17^th-centuries for the ancient history of the countship of Holland, and may be reckoned as the keystone of Middle Dutch historiography.”

While the contents of this work are indisputably important, the in-text woodcuts of kings and Dutch royals with their coats-of-arms are highly desirable and make this already famous work highly coveted.

Item number: #20907

Price: $4950

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Die cronycke van Hollant, Zeelant ende Vrieslant. Noch is hier byghevoecht een cort verhael vande regeringe totten jare 1584

Dordrecht: Pieter Verhaghen, 1585.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts
  • [16], CCLXXXIIII (284) leaves; XCIIII (94) leaves
  • 19 woodcut engravings
• References: Petrus Blok, History of the People of the Netherlands, 396
• Language: Dutch
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Includes two clasps
• Size: ~12in X 8in (30.5cm x 20cm)
• Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at upwards of $7,500-$10,000

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