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VOC] - Ooghen-salve tot verlichtinghe, van alle Participanten, so vande Oost, ende West-Indische Compaignien , mitsgaders verscheyden notabele consideratien. The Hague, L. de Lange, April 1644, 4to, mod. boards, 35-[1] pp. (title stained at top). Good copy.
Pamphlet on the situation of the Dutch East and West India Companies. Gothic type. Ref. Landwehr (VOC) 65. Knuttel 5123. Tiele 2942. We join : Een waerachtich verhael ende iournael van de maniere van de aenkomste des (...) Princes Caerle, Prince van Groot Britannien , inde Stadt van Madril, ende van’t magnifijck onthael by den koninck van Spanien hem aldaer te hove aengedaen. The Hague, A. Meuris, 1623, 4to, mod. boards [6] ff. (somewhat browned and soiled). Rare Dutch account of the reception of the English prince Charles by the Spanish king Philip IV in 1623 in order to conclude the Spanish Match: “The climax of the ensuing decade of high-level negotiation to secure a marriage between the leading Protestant and Catholic royal families of Europe occurred in 1623 in Madrid, with the embassy of the Prince Charles and James’s favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. The wedding never took place despite the signing of a marriage contract by King James; criticism instead led to the dissolution of Parliament.” (Wikipedia). Gothic type. Ref. Knuttel 3409. Tiele 1965. STCN. (2 pcs)