[Coster, Laurens Jansz.]. Junius, H. Batavia, in qua praeter gentis...
[Coster, Laurens Jansz.]. Junius, H. Batavia, in qua praeter gentis & insulae antiquitatem, originem, decora, mores, aliaque, ad eam historiam pertinentia, declaratur, quae fuerit vetus Batavia, quae Plinio, Tacito, & Ptolemaeo cognita: quae item genuina inclytae Francorum nationis fuerit sedes. Dordr., V. Caimax/ Ex Typographiâ Jacobi Braat, 1652, 676,(6)p., engr. portrait, woodengr. printer's mark and ills., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, 12mo.
- Bookplate and owner's entry of N. Du Bois on upper pastedown and title (18th cent.); (vague) library and cancellation stamps on prelim lvs. Letterpiece dam.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 263; Bigmore/ Wyman I, p.379: "Junius, in this topographical account of Holland, was the first writer who denominated Koster as the inventor of printing." Important early source on the history of the Netherlands, first published in 1588.
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[Coster, Laurens Jansz.]. Junius, H. Batavia, in qua praeter gentis & insulae antiquitatem, originem, decora, mores, aliaque, ad eam historiam pertinentia, declaratur, quae fuerit vetus Batavia, quae Plinio, Tacito, & Ptolemaeo cognita: quae item genuina inclytae Francorum nationis fuerit sedes. Dordr., V. Caimax/ Ex Typographiâ Jacobi Braat, 1652, 676,(6)p., engr. portrait, woodengr. printer's mark and ills., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, 12mo.
- Bookplate and owner's entry of N. Du Bois on upper pastedown and title (18th cent.); (vague) library and cancellation stamps on prelim lvs. Letterpiece dam.
= Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 263; Bigmore/ Wyman I, p.379: "Junius, in this topographical account of Holland, was the first writer who denominated Koster as the inventor of printing." Important early source on the history of the Netherlands, first published in 1588.