In-folio, [12]-389 (= 289)-[27] pp. Engr. ills : ill. on title, headpiece by D. Coster, endpiece and 272 ills in text (some half-page) depicting i.a. coins. Title printed in red and black. Text printed in double cols. (somewhat spotting, sm. tear in lower margins of pp. 1-3, sm. corner of p. 147 lacking). Bound with: idem. Aloude Hollandsche histori der keyzeren, koningen, hertogen en graaven welken, sedert de komst der Batavieren in het thans genaamde Holland (...). 's Graavenhaage, P. De Hondt, 1734. 2 vol. in-folio, [42]-348-[23-1 bl.], [4]-360-[28] pp. Engr. ills : frontisp. by F. Morellon la Cave, 2 title-vign. by F.v. Bleyswyck, dedication to Willem baron Van Lier, 2 headpieces, 7 endpieces, 10 pl. (3 double-page, some signed J. Folkema), +/- 78 ills. in text (mostly coins), 13 double-page maps (i.a. ""Landkaart van 't Oude Gallië, ten tyde van Iulius Caesar"", ""Landkaart van het eyland der Batavieren""). 20 genealogical tables. Titles printed in red and black. (somewhat spotting, sm. tear in lower margin of p. 85). Contemporary gilt ruled calf, 3 frames decorated in corners by sm. stamps of flowers or acorns, central gilt Dutch lion surrounded by floral designs, richly gilt decorated spines on 8 raised bands (sm. def. at heads & tails, some repaired), gilt sides, marb. edges. Very nice copy
LARGE PAPER COPY bound in NICE DUTCH LUXURY BINDINGS from the FIRST STADHOLDER'S BINDERY. This bindery bound a large number of presentation copies for William IV. 1. First edition of this important numismatic work by the historian Gerard van Loon (1683-1758). Containing a monetary history, essays on medals, ciphers, etc. Ref. Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 311c. 2. First edition of this history of Holland, from Caesar to the death of Dirk VIII landgrave of Holland (1092). Ref. Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 311d. Lipsius & Leitzmann, p. 235 The First Stadholder Bindery was the ""most important bindery working in the eighteenth-century Netherlands"" (Storm van Leeuwen, vol. IIA col. plate 1, p. 75)
