MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- RUYTER -- BRANDT, G. Het leven en bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter. Amst., Voor Waasberge, Boom en Goethals, 1701. (10), 1065, (23) pp. W. engr. front., engr. portr. of De Ruyter and 8 (7 double-p.) engr. by B. Stoopendael (6 of which depict naval battles and 2 relating to De R.'s funeral). Fol. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands & gilt dec., brown label. (Dam. to spine ends, upper hinge split, first free end-p. lacks, print near p. 574 w. a spot in the image, otherwise a very clean, neat, well-bound copy of this classic biography).