Bewijs van de ware godts-Dienst, gestelt in ses Boecken
Als mede: Een uytlegginge op 't Gebedt onses Heeren Jesu Christi (...) alles op rijm gebracht door den Hoogh-geleerden Mr. Hugo de Groot. Amsterdam. Wed. van Riewert Dircksz van Baardt. 1648. (10),143,(16) pp.
Parchment. 12mo. Spine with ornaments in gilt stamping, boards with double embroidery and central star-shaped ornaments in gilt stamping, gilt edges, 2x title with printer's vignette.
Third adapated edition incl. a farewell address from Hugo Grotius by Johannes Quistorpius and several religious verses. The six chapters discuss (in a positive light): God and religion, the exceptionality and dignity of Christianity and the credibility of the Holy book, and (in a negative light): Paganism, Judaism and Islam. [In short, nothing new under the sun].
First and last pp. waterstained, else good.