Commelin, Isaac
Wilhelm en Maurits van Nassau Princen van Orangien haer leven en bedryf & Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw prince van orangien zyn leven en bedryf., 1651, Isaac Commelin.
Impressive set in contemporary color
First editions of Commelin’s biographies of the princes of Orange, rare with hand-coloring and gilt, containing many maps and views including of America and the Arctic—an oft overlooked Americanum. Maurice of Nassau, later prince of Orange, was a major player in the Dutch Revolt against Spain, which had fronts around the world. His rule corresponded with the flowering of the Dutch Golden Age and the founding of both the East and West India companies, and this biography includes finely colored engravings depicting not only military conquests and maps, but Willem Barentsz's search for the Northeast passage in the Siberian Arctic, an expedition supported by Maurice, as well a dodo bird on the island of Mauritius, named for him (the island, not the bird).
First editions of Commelin’s biographies of the princes of Orange, rare with hand-coloring and gilt, containing many maps and views including of America and the Arctic—an oft overlooked Americanum. Maurice of Nassau, later prince of Orange, was a major player in the Dutch Revolt against Spain, which had fronts around the world. His rule corresponded with the flowering of the Dutch Golden Age and the founding of both the East and West India companies, and this biography includes finely colored engravings depicting not only military conquests and maps, but Willem Barentsz's search for the Northeast passage in the Siberian Arctic, an expedition supported by Maurice, as well a dodo bird on the island of Mauritius, named for him (the island, not the bird).
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