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Fine set of this important work on the history and political constitution of the Dutch Republic

HOOGHE, Romeyn DE.
Spiegel van staat des Vereenigde Nederlands. Waar in de macht en ''t vry bestier, van yder der Zeven verbonde Provincien en haar byzondere steeden, zo in rechten als regeeringen werd ontvouwd. aanwyzende aan, de in, en uytheemschen, alle de hooge en lage rechbanken, collegien en ampten, dewelke in de zelve, tot dienst van den staat, en het recht, zyn ingesteld.

Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials

Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials

Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials

Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials

Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials



Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, 1706-7. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum, with title in ink on spine. Two engr. frontispieces, 2 large engr. vignettes, 16 large folding engr. plates with historical allegories by Romeyn de Hooghe (ca. 16 x 27 cm), woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials (12), 480, 55, 143, 44, (4); (18), 335, 339, (8) pp.

Fine set of this important work on the history and political constitution of the Dutch Republic illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708), the most significant and prolific Dutch engraver in the second half of the seventeenth century. De Hooghe describes the seven Dutch provinces with their most important cities and the structure of constitution and governement. The second volume, titled: Spiegel van Staat. Vervattende de Macht der Generaliteyt..,  deals with the higher courts of law and the Dutch VOC and WIC, the trade on the Levant and te herring fishery. This overview of the Dutch constitution was meant for a broad public.

Fine set.- (Small stain not affecting text in vol.1; two bookplates).
Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as a bookillustrator 103; Hollstein IX, 737-752; Nijhoff, Bibl. Historica-Neerlandica III, 779.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  History  Netherlands  Politics  Print Series  Romeyn de Hooghe 

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