The story of Bruges ; [The Mediaeval Town Series] [The first Flemings - Earliest Bruges -- Arnulph the Great -- Progress of the city -- The Murder of Charles the Good -- Vengeance -- Bruges in the Days of Charles the Good -- William Cliton -- Dierick of Alsace and t he Precious Blood -- Philip of Alsace and the Charter of the Franc -- Baldwin of Constantinople -- The Love Story of Bourchard d' Avesnes -- The French Annexation -- Peter de Coninck -- The Battle of the Golden Spurs -- The Great Charter -- Louis o f Nevers -- Louis of Maele -- Bruges under the princes of the House of Burgundy -- The Great Humiliation -- The terrible Duke and his Gentle Daughter -- The final catastrophe -- The architects and architecture of Bruges]

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1901., 1901. Fine. xii, 418 pp ; illustrated, plates, frontispiece with tissue guard, fold-out plans. ; 18 cm. ; 1/2 red leather with four raised bands decorated in tooled gold ; pages untrimmed ; red endpapers ; top edge gilt ; LCCN: 01-27172 ; OCLC: 2104430 ; LC: DH 811.B8; Dewey: 949.3 ; Contents : The first Flemings - Earliest Bruges -- Arnulph the Great -- Progress of the city -- The Murder of Charles the Good -- Vengeance -- Bruges in the Days of Charles the Good -- William Cliton -- Dierick of Alsace and t he Precious Blood -- Philip of Alsace and the Charter of the Franc -- Baldwin of Constantinople -- The Love Story of Bourchard d' Avesnes -- The French Annexation -- Peter de Coninck -- The Battle of the Golden Spurs -- The Great Charter -- Louis o f Nevers -- Louis of Maele -- Bruges under the princes of the House of Burgundy -- The Great Humiliation -- The terrible Duke and his Gentle Daughter -- The final catastrophe -- The architects and architecture of Bruges in the fifteenth century -- T he painters and the pictures of Bruges in the 15th century -- Modern Bruges -- Index ; "We can well understand Mr. Smith's boast that there is hardly any spot within the magic circle of the ramparts of Bruges which is devoid of interest. Its guilds men were masterful and jealous of their rights, and the story of their wrestling with the counts of Alsace and dukes of Burgundy is told with so much spirit that we feel ourselves almost in the midst of the long struggle. The burghers were not often worsted, though they sometimes found their master. Their girl sovereign, Marie, is the sweetest figure in the portrait gallery of the city." ; charming illustrations in a fine binding ; slight soiling on cloth paste-downs, otherwise a beautiful FINE copy