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71 3284 Netherlands Hooghe R de 71 3284 Netherlands Hooghe R de 71/3284 [Netherlands]. Hooghe, R. de. Spiegel van Staat des Vereenigde Nederlands. Waar in de Macht en 't Vry Bestier, van yder der Zeven Verbonde Provincien en haar byzondere Steeden, zo in Rechten als Regeeringen werd ontvouwd. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1706/ 1707, 4 parts in 2 vols., (14),480,55,(1); 143,(1),44,(4); (18),335,(1); 339,(18)p., 2 diff. etched frontisp., 16 fold. plates and 2 vignettes by ROMEYN DE HOOGHE contemp. unif. vellum, sm. 4to. - Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Otherwise a fine copy. = De Buck 6760; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as bookillustrator 103 (with 14 plates only): "A politico-historical work. It gives historical data and ample reference to other sources. Part II is interesting because of chapters dealing with the Verenigde Oost- en West Indische Compagnie, the Surinaamsche- en Groenlandse Compagnie, the trade on the Levant and the herring fishery." Hollstein 737-752.