Beschryvinge van Amsterdam,

Desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant; Met een verhaal van haar leven en dappere krijgsdaden; Amsterdams kleyne beginselen, oudheyt, bemuring (...) Uyt verscheyde oude en nieuwe Hollandsche kronijcken, beschrijvingen, brieven, willekeuren &c, by een vergadert, (...) Casparus Commelin. Amsterdam, Daniel vanden Dalen, 1695.

Small folio, vellum, title on spine in gilt stamping, boards with blindstamping and line embroidery, half title, ill. frontispiece with title by G. van Gouwen after P. Tideman; title with vignette (arms of Amsterdam), (18),1223,(1) pp. + bladwijzer. Compiled copy with numerous engravings in the text of which a large number pasted, several engravings added, 3 double pages with genealogies, 7 full-page engravings and 28 double-page engravings with images of buildings and churches in the city and a number of maps and smaller maps of Amsterdam, of which one pasted and in colour; all images and maps in copper engraving. Lacks a dozen prints. Not entirely collated. Sold w.a.f.