Laet, Ioannes de - Gallia, sive de Francorum Regis Dominiis et opibus Commentarius.

Lugdunum Batavorum (Leiden), Ex oficina Elzeviriana, 1629. Contemporary full vellum, engraved titlepage with blank verso, (X), 443+1pp. Ca. 11 x 6 cm.Second edition. Johannes de Laet, protestant and geograph (Antwerpen, 1581 - Leiden, 1649) was a director of the "West-Indische Compagnie" (Dutch West Indian Company); he criticized the ideas in the "Dissertatio de origine gentium Americanarum" by Hugo de Groot. Name on first free endpaper; good copy! Cfr. Willems 311 (B).