Beschrijvinge der Stad Leyden

Inhoudende 't Begin, den voortgang ende den wasdom der selver (...) mitsgaders verhaal van alle de belegeringen, ende aenslagen die de selve stad sedert den jaere 1203 geleden heeft, insonderheyt historiale beschrijvinge van de laetste strenge belegeringe ende de ongehoorde verlossinge geschiet anno 1574. 2 volumes in one binding. J.J. Orlers. Leyden. Henrick Haestens, Jan Orlers ende Jan Maire. 1614.

Small 4to, overlapping parchment, (22),422 pp., title on spine in hw., title with printer's vignette, verso large vignette in woodcut with roll ornament and the arms of Leiden. Complete with 3 maps. including the 1614 map by Jan Pietersz. Dou, 8 copperplates in the text, a woodcut in the text with image of Leiden paper currency and 6 folding prints. Name in hw. on endpaper, water stains, else good copy.