[History] P.C. Hoofts Nederlandsche Historien,

sedert de overdraght der heerschappye van kaizar Karel den Vijfden op koning Philips zijnen zoon, tot het einde der landvooghdye des graven van Leicester. De vierde druk (...). Amsterdam etc., H. Wetsteen etc., 1703, 2 volumes, (12),27,(9), 586; (2),587-1242,(42) p., with engraved portrait of Hooft, frontispiece by J. van Munnichuysen after G. de Lairesse, 24 engraved portraits (1x after a statue) and 25 double-p. engraved historical plates by J. Luiken and C. Decker, contemporary uniform blindstamped vellum, ribbed backs with morocco letterpiece, folio.

Several leaves at the end of volume 2 repaired in margin, the vellum across the top hinge of that volume is split; both volumes minor other defects, yet a good copy with blind stamp of A.M. Sillevis Smitt, the stamp of Mr. L. van Hasselt and stamp "verwijderd Kon. Bibl." The first and second part of "Alle de werken van den Heer P.C. Hooft, In vier Deelen", complete in itself. See also lot 225.