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DIVAEUS, Petrus De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus liber I. statum eius que

DIVAEUS, Petrus De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus liber I. statum eius quem sub Romanorum imperio habuit, complectens [...]. Antwerp Chr. Plantin 1584 8vo: 62-[8-2 bl.] pp. 19th-c. richly gilt dark blue morocco by Birdsall & Son Northampton (active 1792-1961), covers with frames of triple gilt rules with gilt central ornament and corner pieces, gilt-titled spine with 2 raised bands, gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Very nice copy. 2nd ed. (1st 1566) of a sm. treatise on the history of the Gallic tribes in the Low Countries by the Leuven historian Divaeus (1535-1581). Woodcut mark on title. Folding woodcut map of the Low Countries by Arnold Nicolai. Copy without the "Commentariolus" (see following number in our catalogue) announced on the title-page as an appendix, but which is formally presented as a separate ed. Ref. BT 943. - Voet (Plantin Press) 1092. - Adams D-696. - Pettegree NB 9932. - Sorgeloos 382. - STC Dutch (BL) 63. Prov. "S.A. Thompson Yates", i.e. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates (1842-1903), curate in Lytham and founder of the Thompson Yates medical laboratory at Liverpool University (collection sold 2014; armorial bookpl.).