Year/Century: 17th century
Language: Latin
Subject: History
Binding: Vellum
Description: FRIESLAND. Winsemius, Pierius, P. WinsemI IC. HISTORIARUM AB EXCESSU CAROLI V. CAESARIS Sive Rerum sub Philippo II. per Frisiam gestarum, ab Anno M.D.LV. usque ad annum M.D.LXXXI. assertae Libertatis. Libri Septem. Leeuwarden, C. Fontanus, 1646. (30),558;22 p., blindstamped, ribbed vellum with a later morocco letterpiece, folio (8 1/4 by 12"), with an exquisitely etched title page and an engraved portrait of the author by I. Suyderhoef. Upper end of spine repaired; two board corners expertly restored. In excellent condition, this bookplate features an embroidered motto on the inside of the front board: "Tueght allinne macket wiere adel". The first comprehensive version of Pier van Winsum's significant Friesland history (1586-1644). First published in 1629; our (posthumous) edition includes Martin Wybenga's "Laudatio Funebris" of Van Winsum, plus a second title page dated 1645 that is colored red and black. The province of Friesland, once called Frisia, is situated in the northern region of the Netherlands.
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