[PAMPHLET - HOLLAND & WESTFRIESLAND].
Circulaire brief, van de Heeren Ridderschap en Edelen, van Hollandt en West-Vrieslant; nevens t antwoort van de Ed. Groot Achtb. Heeren Burgermeesteren en Regeerders der stadt Amsterdam, op de voorsz. Brief.
[Amsterdam,] Jan Cyprianus van der Graft [= Jacobus Hackius?], 1685. 4to. With a woodcut title vignette. Blue modern wrappers, new endpapers. 24 pp.
€ 275
Letter of the members of the Ridderschap (the Knighthood) in the States of Holland and West-Friesland to the Burgomasters and City Council of Amsterdam on the high costs of the defense - at land and at sea - of the Dutch Republic.
The letter (dated 11 February 1685; pp. 2-22) is a plea for improvement of the deplorable financial state of the defense, especially at the land side, after the Rampjaar 1672 and the subsequent wars with France which ended in the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678-79. The answer of Amsterdam (dated 14 February 1685; pp. 22-24) is not disobliging: their representatives are certainly willing to further discuss the matter, especially the amelioration if the navy.
With the bookplate of the city library of Dordrecht on the front board. With a stain on the title-page, overall in good condition. Knuttel, 12408; STCN 86168706X; Tiele, 8264.
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