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A generall historie of the Netherlands : With the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and west-Friseland, from Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earle, successiuely unto Philip the third King of Spaine: continued unto this present yeare of our Lord 1608, out of the best authors that have written of that subject: by Ed. Grimeston
Grande chronique. English
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- Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis
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- London : Printed by A. Islip, and G. Eld, Anno Dom. 1609
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- [28], 299, 310-646, [4], 647-1415 [i.e. 1413], [21] p. : ill. (metal cuts)
- Largely a translation of: Le Petit, Jean Francois. La grande chronique.
- In this edition Grimeston includes a translation of Le Petit's preface from "La grande chronique" and mentions in the translator's preface that the continuation of the history is derived from "Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis" by Emmanuel van Meteren.
- Eld printed quires O-2D, 3A-3P, 4I-5F, 5X-6C, and possibly the index; Islip printed the rest (STC).
- The engraved title-page border and many of the fifty-seven portraits are signed by Christoffel van Sichem and were originally published in Le Petit's "La grande chronique".
- The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
- Includes index.
- P. 1413 misnumbered 1415.
- A variant of the 1608 edition.
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- STC (2nd ed.) 12375.
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.