[Friesland. Winsemius] P. Winsemi (...) Historiarum ab excessu Caroli V. Caesaris

Sive Rerum sub Philippo II. per Frisiam gestarum, ab Anno M.D.LV. usque ad annum M.D.LXXXI. assertae Libertatis. Libri Septem. Leeuwarden, C. Fontanus, 1646, (30),558;22 p., with finely engraved title page and engraved author's portrait by I. Suyderhoef, contemporary blindstamped, ribbed vellum with later morocco letterpiece, folio.

Backstrip lacks top compartment; two corners of boards expertly restored. Good copy with armorial bookplate with motto "Tueght allinne macket wiere adel" on the inside of the front board. First complete edition of this important history of Friesland by Pier van Winsum (1586-1644). First ed. appeared in 1629; our (posthumous) edition with added "Laudatio Funebris" of Van Winsum by Martin Wybenga, with separate title page in red and black and dated 1645.