[Warfare] Two works: (1) Schoock, M. Imperium maritimum,

ita explicatum ut non solum ejus ostendantur prærogativæ (...). Amst., J. Janssonius, 1654, (4),180,(1) p., cont. vellum. 12mo (fine copy). First and only edition of this work on maritime power and an overview of maritime history, with chapters on the East- and West-India Companies, exploration, fishery, trade, law etc. (2) B. Baudius. Induciarum Belli Belgici, libri tres. Editio tertia. Leyden, Ex Off. Elseviriana, 1629, (28),468 p., cont. overlapping vellum, 12mo. Pastedowns detached from boards, otherwise a very fine copy, w. owner's entry of A.M. Ledeboer on upper pastedown. Ledeboer was one of most famous Dutch bibliographers of the 19th century. Rare. Willems, 307; Rahir 276; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem, 36a. The best old source on the history of the twelve years' truce between the States General and Spain.

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