[Sea heroes] Three titles: (1) Het leven en bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter,

(...) beschreeven door Gerard Brandt. Derde druk. Amsterdam etc., Erven Ratelband en Compagnie etc., 1732, (10),1065,(23) p., with engraved frontispiece, portrait and 8 plates (7x double-page and 1x also folding), 19th-century half leather.

Shabby and stained copy with repairs, leather across top hinge split; (2) Leven en bedryf van den vermaarden zeeheld Cornelis Tromp (...) ondermengd met de voornaamste daaden van verscheidene andere zeehoofden, en voornamelijk met die van Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp (...). Amsterdam, printed for the author and "te bekomen" at various booksellers, 1692, (4),496 p., with engraved portrait and 5 (of 7) folding plates of sea battles and 1 other plate (of 2), contemporary leather, small 4to. Incomplete copy with here and there very extensive annotations in pen; (3) Avontuurlijke reys-togten van Johan Smith, in verscheyde gedeelten des werelds (...). Leiden, P. van der Aa, n.d. (ca. 1705), (2),44,(3) p. [main text paginated in 2 columns], with engraved title vignette and 3 engraved illustrations, modern faux leather, folio (minor browning, repairs/ reinforcements) (total 3, sold w.a.f.).