Le Mercure hollandois, contenant les principales affaires d'estat [...] arrivez [...] en l'an 1680.

12mo: [8]-446-[15] pp.

Contemp. mottled sheep, spine with raised bands (corners & sides rubbed). Good copy.

Rare French translation of the 1680 instalment of the famous Dutch periodical "Hollantsche Mercurius" with various items as on Turkey, Northern Africa etc. Engr. ill.: front. summarising the events of the year, 2 portraits of Louis Dauphin of France and his spouse Maria Anna of Bavaria, and 3 folding plates: "Saut de la tour aux poudres à Heusden", "Supplice du vicomte de Stafford" and "Bales de feu descouvertes aux environs de Lubec". Index of events at the end.
Ref. STCN (i.a. BL).