Description Exacte de Tout ce qui s'est Passe dans Les Guerres entre le Roy d'Angleterre, le Roy de France, les Etats des Provinces Unies du Pays-Bas, & l'Evesque de Munster.

Anon.

Published by 1668 Amsterdam, 1668

About this Item

241pp, 2pp unpaginated index, lacking title page, 8 engraved illustrations in the text (half page), small format, later (1830s) full calf, title to spine, some wear to spine with top snagged. AJS: Originally published in Dutch in 1667, there was no English edition. Uncommon. One of the engravings shows the Great Fire of London, see page 168. This is a presentation copy to G.W. Robertson by the Rev Chas H. Minchin 1836. NMM Cat, Vol 5, Pt 1, entry 760: An important contemporary narrative of the Second Dutch War. The most complete and detailed contemporary account of the Anglo-Dutch war 1664-67, when the Treaty of Breda brought it to an end. Noted American interest for the description of the loss of New Netherland, giving an account of the capture of New York and the surrender of New Netherland. Prints a list of vessels and goods captured by the British in America, and accounts of De Ruyter's voyage to the West Indies, affairs in Barbados, war in Europe, and the capture of Surinam by the Dutch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Description Exacte de Tout ce qui s'est Passe dans Les Guerres entre le Roy d'Angleterre, le Roy de France, les Etats des Provinces Unies du Pays-Bas, & l'Evesque de Munster.
• Publisher: 1668 Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 1668