Author: Laet, Ioannes de
Title: Gallia, sive de Francorum Regis Dominiis et opibus Commentarius.
Description: 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).

Keywords: Elsevier Frankrijk Groot, Hugo de Oude boeken W.I.C. West-Indische Compagnie Zeventiende eeuw


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