[Large paper copy] Hugo Grotius. Ordinum Hollandiae as Westfrisiae Pietas

ab improbissimis multorum calumniis, praesertim verò à nuperâ Sibrandi Lubberti Epistolá quam ad reverendissimum archiepiscopum Cantuariensem scripsit vindicata (...). Leyden, Ioannes Patius, 1613. (8),126 p. 4to. Woodcut device of Leyden University on title-p., contemp. gilt vellum, both sides with central oval ornamentation and double fillet border, all edges gilt. A bit soiled/ stained at beginning and end, some worm holes, pastedowns detached and a bit frayed, vellum soiled/ stained and lacks ties. Overall, a fair and uniquely bound work.

Ter Meulen & Diermanse, B.G., 817. 1st ed. of this important pamphlet, commending the policy of toleration of the government of Holland which allowed Armenians to preach freely.