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Three important texts on the early history of the Netherlands and Germans
TACITUS, Cornelius (Pieter Cornelisz. HOOFT (translator)) & Hugo GROTIUSAntiquitates Germanicae, of Hoogduitsche oudtheden; waar in de gelegentheid en zeeden der Germaanen, beschreeven door Tacitus, naaukkeurig opgeheldert worden: benevens H. Grotius verhandeling van de oudtheid der Batavische Republyk (with half-title: Hugo GROTIUS, Verhandeling van de outheidt der Bataviische, nu Hollandsche Republyk. Metv de aanteekeningen des schryvers, uit het Latyn vertaalt).      Amsterdam, Jacob van Royen, 1714. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, ribbed spine gilt in compartments, gilt binding edges. With engraved printer's device on title and 26 full-page engraved plates, woodcut initials and tail-pieces. (16), 224, *1-118*, (26) pp. With: (2) ROYEN, Jacob van, & Richard VERSTEGEN, Antiquitates Belgicae of Nederlandsche oudtheden, zijnde d'eerste opkomst van Holland, Zeeland, 't Sticht Utrecht, Overyzel, Vriesland, Brabant, Vlaanderen, enz. Beneffens dier landaarts oorspronk, voortgang, eerste Christendom, en wonderlyke geschichten, te dier tyden, zo in deze, als in andere landen voorgevallen. Amsterdam, Jacob van Royen, 1701. 8vo. Engraved title with printer's device, printed title with woodcut vignette, folding map of 'Oudt Nederland en desselfs bevolkinge', 14 full-page engraved plates (ca. 14 x 8,5 cm), and 7 plates (ca. 6 x 7 cm) in text. (16) + 224 + (16) pp. Ad 1: The fourth edition of P.C. Hooft's authoritative translation of Tacitus' De situ, moribus et populis Germaniae, the most detailed early description of the Germans and Germany, written at the end of the first century AD, enlarged with extensive annotations. The first edition of Hooft's translation was published in 1684, but written by Hoofd some decades earlier as a preparation and exercise for his famous historical work, his Nederlandsche Historien (1642). Added to this edition is the related work on the early Dutch history and antiquities by the world-famous Dutch legal historian Hugo Grotius on the same subject. It is the translation by Johan Gorris, first published in 1681. The work is illustrated with two plates showing the oldest cities Dordrecht, Nijmegen and Vroonle (Vronla), the most important city in the northern part of Holland, which was devastated in 1280. Ad 2: Second edition of an adaptation of Richard Verstegen's Nederlantsche antiquiteyten ... (Antwerp 1613) by the publisher Jacob van Royen (active in Amsterdam 1671-1717). The first edition of this adaptation had appeared just a year before in 1700 (8vo, 244 pp.). Re-editions were published in 1715, 1733 and 1756. Sometimes the work is also attributed to Cornelis van Alkemade. The text is an early mixture of history and geography. The plates are mostly by the well-known engraver J. Goeree: a historical map of the Netrherlands, plates of the archaeological Nehalennia-findings of ca. 1648, the historical inhabitants of the Netherlands: a 'Goth', a 'Wandaal', a 'Sweef', a 'Heruler', a 'Gepider', a 'Markoman, a 'Quaade', idols of the sun, moon, the idols 'Tuisco', 'Wodan', 'Thor', 'Friga', 'Seater', and topographical plates (2 on a page) of the Muiderslot, the House at Woerden, the manor houses te Merwe, Ter Aa, Ter Kleef, and Brederode, the castles of Abcoude, Egmond op de Hoef, and Purmerend, the Egmond Abby, and the Chapel at Heiloo. The book is also dedicated to Ludolf Smids. Ad 1: Leendertz, Bibliogr. Hooft, nr. 142; Termeulen/Diermanse 704; ad 2: Haitsma Mulier/van der Lem 16; Van der Aa, 16, p. 534. Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity Dutch History Latin Add to Shopping cart |
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