Author: PAULUS, Pieter.
Title: Verklaring der Unie van Utrecht. Vooraf gaat de vertaling van't latynsche werk van N. Bondt, bestaande (behalve de opdragt en voorrede) in de verklaring der inleiding, en van't eerste, tweede, en derde, artikel der Unie van Utrecht. 2e druk.
Description: Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven en Comp., 1775-1777. 4 volumes. Original boards. With engraved frontispiece by Noach van der Meer after G. Backer, 1 title page printed in red and black. (24),XVIII,299; .(2),333; (6),354; 173 pp. The Union of Utrecht was a treaty signed on 23 January 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain. The Union of Utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces and the constitution. It was followed by the Act of Abjuration (Plakkaat van Verlatinghe), the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from Spain in 1581, during the Dutch Revolt. - The first major monographic study on the subject.

Keywords: Dutch history Holland