The Franco-Dutch War

The Netherlands-Historian, Containing a true and exact Relation of what hath passed in the late Warrs between the King of Great Britain, and the French King with their Allyes, against the States Generall of the United Provinces …

27 (of 29) engraved folding plates, some bound out of order. [viii], 560 pp. 8vo, Amsterdam: Printed By Stephen Swart, 1675. First edition. Contemporary calf, spine gilt-ruled, with circular red morocco shelfmark label, covers ruled in blind, spine mostly perished, covers detached. Bottom corner torn from pp. 531-2, Signed on the front free endpaper in an early hand, “Thomas Smiths Book”.

Concerning the Franco-Dutch war, with plates showing the fortifications of Dutch cities and European heads of state, as well as the dramatic deaths of the DeWitt brothers Sabin 52347 (for references to the West Indies, Surinam, etc).

Item #252373       Price: $750.00