WINSEMIUS, Pierius.
Chronique ofte historische geschiedenisse van Vrieslant. Beginnende vanden jaere nae des Werelts scheppinghe 3635. ende loopende tot den jaere nae de gheboorte Christi.
Franeker, Jan Lamrinck, 1622. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, a large engraved coat of arms of the province of Friesland, a large folding engraved map of Friesland, 3 folding engraved plans. Further with (in the text) 49 half-page, full-length engraved portraits, 2 engraved costume plates, 2 plans of sieges, 1 view 6 seals and coats of arms of Friesland at the end. Also with many woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. All engraved and woodcut illustrations are beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf. [10], 913, [61] pp.
€ 32,500
First and only edition of this most important and reliable history and description of the province Friesland by Pierius Winsemius (1586-1644), a Frisian lawyer and historian who was appointed the official historian of Friesland by the States of Friesland in 1616. In 1636, he became professor of rhetoric at the University of Franeker.
The history and description are lavishly illustrated with maps, plans and half-page portraits of Frisian rulers for the greater part engraved by Pieter Feddes of Harlingen and Simon Wynhoutsz. Frisius. All illustrations are beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand.
This copy is a presentation copy by the author to Johan Adler Salvius (1590-1652), one of Sweden's most capable and influential diplomats of his time, favourite of Queen Christina and correspondent of Hugo Grotius. With the exception of a two years stay in Stockholm, 1634-1636, he was Sweden's ambassador in Hamburg and Osnabrück for circa 20 years (1630-1650). Together with Johan Oxenstierna, the son of chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, Johann Adler Salvius was sent to Münster in 1645 to negotiate the Westphalian Peace Treaty ending the Thirty-Year's War, as well as the Eighty-Year's-War between the Dutch Republic and Spain.
The binding shows some signs of wear, the back board shows some small stains. Some small tears in the folds of a number of plates (partly repaired), some marginal and other repairs. Overall in good condition. Bodel Nijenhuis 2634; De Buck 1491; Frisia Dominium 34.2; STCN 830810129 (28 copies, incl. 4 incomplete); USTC 1026612; cf. for Salvius: Heiko Droste, 'Johan Adler Salvius i Hamburg. Ett nätverksbygge i 1600-talets Sverige', in: nostrum. Om Westfaliska freden och Östersjön som ett svenskt maktcentrum, pp. 243-55.
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