Baudius, D. Van't bestant des Nederlantschen oorlogs,

drie boecken. vertaelt door P. Jacobi Austro-Sylvium (= P.J. van Suyderwoude). Amst., D. Pietersz, 1616, (24),240 p., w. engr. title-vignette and 3 fold. etched plates, cont. vellum w. later manuscript title on spine, 4to. As usual without a plate mentioned in some descriptions, depicting portraits of the 18 participants; also not present in the digitized online available version (erfgoedbibliotheek Henrik Conscience); old annotation in pen on first free endpaper. Binding lacks ties and front cover stained.

Simoni B-52; Haitsma Mulier/ van der Lem 36a. Rare first Dutch edition (orig. Latin ed.: 1613) of the Leiden professor Baudius' (1561-1613) history of the negotiations for the Twelve Years' Truce (1609-1621). The plates depict the handshake between Prince Maurice and Spinola at Rijswijk, the negotiating table, and the festivities in the centre of The Hague.