Histori der nederlandsche vorsten, uit de huizen van Beijere, Borgonje, en Ostenryk welken, sedert de regeering van Albert, Graaf van Holland, tot den dood van Keiser Karel den Vyfden, het hooggezag aldaar gevoerd hebben ...
In 's Graavenhaage [The Hague]: Pieter de Hondt. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Good+. Item #003900
...niet al leen uit de geloofwaardigste schryveren en egtste bewysstukken dier tyden samengesteld, maar ook met meer dan duizend historipenningen, gesterkt en opgehelderd. (1732, 1733, 1735). Dutch. In three volumes. First and only edition of an important history of the rulers of the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the country was part of the Burgundian and Habsburg empires. Quarter calf over marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine, six raised bands. Black and red titles, engraved title page and head- and tailpieces, engraved frontis. by B. Picart, and dedication page in Volume I. Portrait engraving of the author (based on a self-portrait) engraved by Jacobus Houbraken. Engravings of roughly 1000 coins and tokens in-text throughout. Lacking folding geneological table (per Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Volume I: [32], 446, [107]. [2] engraved plates. Volume II: [8], 484, [56]. Volume III: [6], 446, [58]. Contemporary binding in good condition. Wear to spine and edges, rubbing and light staining to boards, chips to spine ends. Small annotation to title page. Interior has some foxing and staining commensurate with age, and volumes II and III have some damp staining to margins at head. Hinges cracked in a few places, but bindings remain solid. A few imperfections and ink and rust stains, but text remains readable and overall the interior is in VG condition. Laid-in leaf from De Maasbode, a Dutch twice-daily newspaper, dated Tuesday, March 10, 1931, with an article about the history of Papal coins and "the glory days of the numismatic arts." Frans van Mieris (the Younger) was born in 1689 to artist Willem van Mieris, and is the grandson of artist Frans van Mieris (the Elder). He was trained in art by his father, and also became a painter in addition to his scholarly pursuits. He was in contact with the most important scholars of the time, including van Loon, van Alphen, Cannegieter, van Alkemede and van der Schelling. The library of the Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde (Society of Dutch Literature) in Leiden has a number of his letters. (NNBW, Deel 8:1153; DBNL.) Brunet VI, 25144; Graesse IV, 521; STCN.
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