Le Clerc, Jean

3 volumes, folio (363 x 230mm.), half-title in volume 1, 3 engraved frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title-pages, folding engraved map of the Netherlands, 107 engraved plates (50 double-page and/or folding, comprising portraits and maps and views), near-contemporary red morocco-backed boards, uncut, a few plates with small tears, one plate torn and repaired, occasional light foxing, B3 in vol.3 torn without loss, bindings rubbed

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First Dutch edition of Jean le Clerc's history of the United Provinces from the Dutch Revolt to 1715. The plates are by Picart, Luyken, Decker and de Lairesse.