VINCHANT, François Annales de la province et comté... Lot 1141

VINCHANT, François Annales de la province et comté d'Haynau [...]. Mons J. Havart 1648 In-f°: [14 of which front]-418-[14] pp. (qqs. russ., endpapers detached, annot. mod. in blue ink on flyleaf). Contemporary vellum, ms. title on smooth spine (spine slightly soiled). First edition of this work by Vinchant (1580-1655), considered one of the most important histories of Hainaut in the Middle Ages, enlarged and completed by the minor friar Ruteau (†1657). Title in red and black. Ref. Rousselle 285. - STC French 1601-1700 V-462. - Saffroy 24031. - Biogr. nat. IV:74-75.