[Caricature] Hollandia Regenerata

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (London, Humphreys, 1795). 20 satirical engr. (one aquatint) after D. Hess, printed in sanguine, each w. explanatory letterpress text leaf in Dutch, French and English (one leaf loose). Hcalf w. marbled paper boards, orig. blue wr. w. letterpress title on front wr. preserved. Folio.

Edges sl. worn, occas. foxing; overall a remarkably clean copy. Curious and biting caricatures on the Batavian Revolution, ridiculing the various administrative bodies. The text leaves contain a bible quotation in Dutch with an English translation and an explanatory text in French. The artist Hess served at the Swiss Guard in The Hague.