Commelin, C. Beschryvinge van Amsterdam

zynde een naukeurige verhandelinge van desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den huyse der Heeren van Amstel en Amstellant, haar vergrooting, rykdom, en wyze van regeeringe, tot den jare 1691 (...). Amst., Willem and David Goeree for A. van Damme, J. Ratelband et al., 1726. 2nd ed., 2 vols., (20),600; (2),601-1223,(41) p., allegorical frontisp., title in red and black and woodcut vignette, 1 fold. panorama, 5 (fold./double-p.) maps, 46 (double-p.) views and plates, 82 in-text ills. (incl. several woodcuts), 3 double-p. letterpress tables, cont. unif. blindst. vellum, folio.

The author had free access to the archives of the city; his work is therefore one of the most authoritative on the subject, with much more reliable sources and official documents than the works of Dapper and Van Domselaar. Ex libris A. van Leer on pastedowns. Hinges splitting, joint vol. 1 splitting, occas. yellowing/ foxing, part of margin torn from one plate. Overall a very good copy. (total 2)