JONGE, Johannes Cornelis de.
Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche zeewezen. 2e druk. Vermeerderd met de nagelaten aanteekeningen .. en uitgegeven onder toezicht van J.K.J. de Jonge.
Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1858 - 1862.6 volumes in 5 (including index volume). Original half cloth (rebacked with the original spines mounted), with the original printed wrapper mounted on front. With 5 engraved title-pages, 14 maps and plates (mostly folding) and 45 portraits (foxed as usual).Second and best edition. - 'The most authentic history of the Dutch marine, founded entirely on documents of the Royal Archives. It is the more important as many of these documents were consumed, after the publication of the work, in the great fire of 1853, which destroyed a part of the Archives. Its value for the American collector needs not to be specified, as it contains very ample material for the history of the West-India-Company, the early expeditions to America, the wars with the Spaniards and Portuguese there, and the transmarine colonies. Many of the fine portraits are taken from old pictures, drawings, and very rare plates, not known before' (Muller, America, p.87). - A fine set.Cat. NHSM I, p.353; Sabin 36635.
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€ 412.50 [Appr.: US$ 447.41 | £UK 351.5 | JP¥ 70230]
Keywords: Dutch maritime history