[Hugo Grotius] Two titles: (1) Bewys van den waren godsdienst in ses boecken gestelt.

By Hugo de Groot. No place or publisher, 1622, (8),111,(1) p., 19th-century halfcloth, small 4to.

Poor, waterstained copy; title browned and loose as is the first quire, last leaf damaged in blank margin. Lacks front board and back board loose. Sold w.a.f. The rare first edition of this important discourse in rhyme, written during Grotius's imprisonment at Loevestein. With possibly the first mention in a printed book, of America under the name Nederland. And with 1 more on the same (pamphlet concerning his "sententie", 1619). (total 2)