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‎Grand Conseil de Malines [Manuscript containing the biographies of the members of the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Belgium), with handpainted coats of arms]‎

‎s.l., s.d. [19th cy.] [6bl] + [740] + [14bl] pp., containing 242 biographies of the Great Councils members (each starting on top of the page with their coat of arms (pre-printed, 220 of them handcoloured), followed by 1 to 3 pages of text in French) and followed by a chronological and alphabetical list of the members, included is also a text of 9 pages: Translation du Grand Conseil à Namur à cause des troubles des Pays-Bas le 7 juin 1580, 40x27 cm., 19th cy. hardcover binding (spine in vellum, marbled boards, edges bit rubbed, small defect at lower end of spine), very neat and uniform handwriting, text and interior is clean and bright, no date mentioned but most probably dating from the first half of or mid 19th cy., well preserved and in good condition, [The Great Council of the Netherlands at Malines was the highest court in the Burgundian Netherlands. It was founded by Charles the Bold in 1473 and disbound after his death. It was re-erected in 1503 by Philip the Handsome in 1503 and its influence and importance grew till the Eighty Years War, after which its power declined and it was finally abolished during the French Revolution. The composition of the Great Council was quite stable throughout the period of its existence, and consisted of a chairman, 15 to 16 councillors, one procureur-general, one fiscal advocate, some secretaries and clercs, advocates and a Huissier de justice], weight: 4.3kg., B113987‎

Reference : B113987

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