Prael-tooneel der doorluchtige mannen, of Het leven en bedrijf der beroemder vorsten, uytheemsche veldtoversten en vorstelijcke bedienaers deses tijdts.

Sm. 4to: [6]-779-[20] pp. (engr. title missing; marg. soiling in quire Z, toned, cut a bit short at top).

Later quarter roan, gilt spine with 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed). Good copy.

One of the 4 issues of the rare first and only edition of this overview of contemporary European rulers, by the Dutch writer and translator L. van den Bosch (1620-1698). Illustrated with 16 finely engr. full-page portraits showing i.a. Richelieu, Mazarin, Henri IV, Cromwell, Jacob I. Woodcut mark on title and woodcut endpieces.
Ref. Haitsma Mulier/vdLem 77i. - STCN.