[Rarebooks] For Sale: Dutch History, 1624

[Norman Kane]

[SCHRIJVER, PIETER ("Petrus Scriverius") & MERULA, PAULUS.]  HISTOIRE 
DES CONTES [sic]  D' HOLLANDE. ET ESTAT ET  GOUVERNEMENT  DES 
PROVINCES UNIES DU PAYS BAS. [Ornament].   A La Haye: Chez Adrian Vlaq,
M.DC.LXIV.   12mo, 5 1/4 X 3 1/4 inches, contemp. full vellum, [8], 
424 pages.  An excellent, clean copy.  Half title for the "Estat et 
Gouvernement," & caption titles for Paul de Merle's "L'Abrege de 
l"Estat de la Republique" & for the "L'Edict des Estats de Hollande, 
& de West Frise Touchant l'Ancien Droict de la Republique de 
Hollande." This is the only edition in WorldCat - 7 copies, 5 in the 
US.  (Abridged translation in part from the Latin of Schrijver 
according to Willems 1729 [Annex]. Schrijver  was a Dutch scholar of 
some consequence:   historian, poet, and man of 
letters.)   $300.00     (Trade Discount Available)


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