Histoire abregée des Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas [...] et celui de leurs compagnies en Orient & en Occident [...].

Folio: [8]-109-[3] pp.; 2 (of 6) pl. (4 pl. missing, sl. toned, some foxing and soiling, pl. and some ff. reinforced, pp. 1-4 trimmed without losses).

19th-c. half brown leather, marbled papers on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands and a label (front joint split, spine used, covers sl. scratched, corners bumped).

First edition of this "short history of the progress, conquests, and government of Holland, including the Companies of the East and West Indies" (title). Ill. with 39 etched pl.: 37 full-page etchings (medals and scenes of the principal events of the history of the Seventeen Provinces) and 2 fold. pl.: large world map (with the Dutch trading posts) and large map of the Seventeen Provinces.
Ref. Landwehr, VOC, 1486. - Sabin 32006. - Chadenat 4897. - STCN 183041542. - Not in de le Court, nor Barbier.
Prov. Fr. Hanne (modern ms. entry).
Joined: Bizot, P. - Medalische historie der republyk van Holland. Amst., Mortier, 1690. 4to (gatherings very irregular, title and front. lightly soiled). Mod. three-quarter calf. Dutch translation (1st 1687). Engr. ill.: front., title, 100 (of 123) numb. pl. + 14 (of 15) lettered A-P (incl. 1 fold.), portraits of William III and Mary Stuart by D. Mortier, head- and tailpieces and many in-text ill. depicting medals. Ref. De Kesel B-125. - Ter Meulen/Diermanse 230. - STCN. (2 vol.)