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Introducing the greatest Dutch sea hero to the French

BRANDT, Gerard.
La vie de Michel de Ruiter, duc, chevalier, lieutenant amiral général de Hollande & de Oüest-Frise. Où est comprise l'histoire maritime des Provinces Unies, depuis l'An 1652 jusques à 1676. Traduite du Hollandois.

With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder.

With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder.

With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder.

With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder.

With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder.



Amsterdam, P. & J. Blaeu, 1698. Folio. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed with title-label. With engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of Michiel de Ruiter, 7 double-page engraved views, 3 of sea-battles, by Stoopendaal, and  full-page engraved plate of De Ruiter's tomb by Mulder. [VI], 717, [17], [ 2 blank] pp.

First French edition of the biography of the famous sea hero Michiel Adriaanszn. de Ruiter by the Dutch historian Gerard Brandt  (1626-1685), first published in 1687.
Slightly browned and stained at places, with inscription on paste-down. Good copy.
Cf. Cat. Ned. Hist. Scheepv. Mus. pp. 843-846 (other ed.); not in NUC.


Related Subjects: History  Maritime History 

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