Bruges, Gemeentebestuur van Brugge, 1982-1985 ; four vols. in-8°, 216 + 160 + 21 1 + 255 p. - Jozef van Walleghem, a Bruges haberdasher, kept ajournai from 1775 to 1801 in which he recorded edicts, guild meetings, troop movements, drownings, thefts, and snowfall. Yvan Van den Berghe and a team of coworkers has begun editing the chronicle. The first volume of Merckenweerdigste Voorvallen with its companion "Daegelijcksche gevallen" for the year 1787 was published in 1982. The succeeding three volumes for the years of the Brabant Revolution, 1788, 1789, and 1789 appeared in 1984 and 1985.

The eldest son of a master weaver, Jozef van Walleghem studied briefly at the kapittelschool van St.-Donaas before taking his position within the haberdashery guild. The church and his corporation commanded his principal allegiance throughout his life. Early in 1787, he hints