Histoire de Hollande, depuis la tréve [sic] de 1609. où finit Grotius jusqu'à nôtre tems.

4 vol., 12mo (n.c., damp stain in vol. II and wormtrack at end of vol. sl. affecting the text, marg. wormhole(s) or wormtrack in vol. III).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red spr. edges (some (damp) stains, occ. sl. traces of use).

First edition of this history of Holland from 1609 until the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. By Baillet (1649-1706), French scholar and critic, best known as biographer of Descartes.
Ref. Quérard, Sup. Litt., II:653. - Cioranescu 9299.
Prov. Benedictine abbey Saint-Pierre de Montier-la-Celle in Saint-André-les-Vergers, district of Troyes (ms. entry 1777). - François Laurent Dumay, Benedictine priest (ms. entry 1791).