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LEIDEN -- ORLERS, J.J. Beschrijvinge der Stad Leyden. Inhoudende 't Begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: (…) Mitsgaders van alle de Belegeringen, ende Aenslagen, die de selve Stad zedert den Jaere 1203 geleden heeft. Leyden, H. Haestens/J. Orlers/J. Maire, 1614. 2 parts in 1 vol. (24), 422, (2) pp. W. 1 fold. plan (rep. on v°) & 2 fold. engr. depict. the Spanish siege & relief of the town, 6 fold. engr., 11 text-engr. & 2 lge. woodcut armorial devices. 4°. Mod. hcf. (New endpapers, outer margin faintly stained at the beginning, slightly browned).
Early example of a Dutch town book, a genre that became very popular in the Low Countries in the 17th & 18th c. The work was published to celebrate the succesful five decades following the end of the Spanish siege in 1574 and is examplary for the growing self-esteem of the young Republic. - First edition. Nijhoff/v. Hattum 221.€ 400
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