Auction 358 Netherlands - General History & Topography
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HOOGHE, R. de. Spiegel van staat des Vereenigde Nederlands. Waar in de Macht en 't Vry Bestier, Van yder der Zeven Verbonde Provincien en haar byzondere Steeden, Zo in Rechten als Regeeringen werd ontvouwd. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1706-07. 2 vols. (16), 480, 55, 143, 44, (4); (20), 335, 339, (8) pp. W. 2 dif. etched fronts., 2 etched headpieces & 16 fold. etchings by R. de Hooghe. 4°. Fine cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs. (A bit browned/foxed in places).

First and only edition of an important work on the history and political constitution of the Dutch Republic, strikingly illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708). Part II is of particular interest because of its chapters dealing with the Vereenigde Oost- & West Indische Compagnie, The Surinaamsche- & Groenlandsche Compagnie, the trade on the Levant and the herring fishery. - Landwehr, RdH, 103; Hollstein IX, 737-752.

€ 400

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