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Vredius on Flemish Sigillography & Geneaology
Vredius, Olivarius. SIGILLA COMITUM FLANDRIÆ ET INSCRIPTIONES DIPLOMATUM AB IIS EDITORUM CUM EXPOSITIONE HISTORICA. Brugis Flandrorum: Apud Joannem Baptistam Kerchovium, 1639. First edition. Title with large engraved illustration of a seal; (12), 308, (96) pages; woodcut decorations and initials; finely engraved two-thirds page map; finely engraved genealogical chart; finely engraved plate depicting 70 European coats of arms; hundreds of superbly engraved seals, many quite large, interspersed throughout the text. [preceded by] Vredius, Olivarius. GENEALOGIA COMITUM FLANDRIÆ A BALDUINO FERREO USQUE AD PHILIPPUN IV. HISP. REGEM... Brugis Flandrorum: Apud Joannem Baptistam & Lucam Kerchovios, 1642. Title with large engraved illustration of a seal; (16), 170, (2) pages; woodcut decorations and initials; hundreds of superbly woodcut seals, many quite large, interspersed throughout the text. [bound with] Vredius, Olivarius. HISTORIÆ FLANDRIÆ CHRISTIANÆ. AB ANNO CHRISTI 500. CLODOVÆI I. FRANCORUM REGIS XVI. USQUE AD ANNUM 767. PEPINI REGIS FRANC. XVI. Brugis Flandrorum: Typis Petri van Pee, undated. Title with woodcut printer's device; (2), 298, (2) pages; woodcut headpiece and initial. Three works bound in one volume. Folio [31 by 21 cm], full contemporary vellum; both sides embossed with central decorative deive; spine with seven raised bands, lettered in in; all paper edges speckled red. Final work browned with some evidence of damp-staining; the two illustrated sigillographic works are mostly bright and clean, with only occasional spotting or browning. Vellum somewhat darkened, particularly at spine. Near fine. Olivarius Vredius (1596–1652), also known as Uredius, or Olivier de Wree, was a jurist and poëte brugeois, well-known for his deep involvement in archeology, history, and numismatics. His work on the seals of the counts of Flanders is a most handsomely produced work and is quite rare. As Engel and Serrure observe, it also includes information on the coins. Brunet 25079. Cumont 2139. Dekesel V91 (first two parts). Engel & Serrure 6537: "Renferme quelques monnaies de Flandre." Graesse 402. Ex Swann Galleries (April 2, 1989), lot 369.
Vredius, Olivarius. SIGILLA COMITUM FLANDRIÆ ET INSCRIPTIONES DIPLOMATUM AB IIS EDITORUM CUM EXPOSITIONE HISTORICA. Brugis Flandrorum: Apud Joannem Baptistam Kerchovium, 1639. First edition. Title with large engraved illustration of a seal; (12), 308, (96) pages; woodcut decorations and initials; finely engraved two-thirds page map; finely engraved genealogical chart; finely engraved plate depicting 70 European coats of arms; hundreds of superbly engraved seals, many quite large, interspersed throughout the text. [preceded by] Vredius, Olivarius. GENEALOGIA COMITUM FLANDRIÆ A BALDUINO FERREO USQUE AD PHILIPPUN IV. HISP. REGEM... Brugis Flandrorum: Apud Joannem Baptistam & Lucam Kerchovios, 1642. Title with large engraved illustration of a seal; (16), 170, (2) pages; woodcut decorations and initials; hundreds of superbly woodcut seals, many quite large, interspersed throughout the text. [bound with] Vredius, Olivarius. HISTORIÆ FLANDRIÆ CHRISTIANÆ. AB ANNO CHRISTI 500. CLODOVÆI I. FRANCORUM REGIS XVI. USQUE AD ANNUM 767. PEPINI REGIS FRANC. XVI. Brugis Flandrorum: Typis Petri van Pee, undated. Title with woodcut printer's device; (2), 298, (2) pages; woodcut headpiece and initial. Three works bound in one volume. Folio [31 by 21 cm], full contemporary vellum; both sides embossed with central decorative deive; spine with seven raised bands, lettered in in; all paper edges speckled red. Final work browned with some evidence of damp-staining; the two illustrated sigillographic works are mostly bright and clean, with only occasional spotting or browning. Vellum somewhat darkened, particularly at spine. Near fine. Olivarius Vredius (1596–1652), also known as Uredius, or Olivier de Wree, was a jurist and poëte brugeois, well-known for his deep involvement in archeology, history, and numismatics. His work on the seals of the counts of Flanders is a most handsomely produced work and is quite rare. As Engel and Serrure observe, it also includes information on the coins. Brunet 25079. Cumont 2139. Dekesel V91 (first two parts). Engel & Serrure 6537: "Renferme quelques monnaies de Flandre." Graesse 402. Ex Swann Galleries (April 2, 1989), lot 369.