Bloteling, Abraham ; Picart, Bernard ; Lairesse,... Lot n° 1181

LE CLERC, Jean Histoire des Provinces-Unies des Pays Bas [...]. Avec les principales medailles et leur explication [...]. [- Historical explanation of the principal medals milled to serve the history of the United Provinces of the Netherlands [...]]. Amsterdam Z. Châtelain 1728 [- 1723] 4 parts in 3 vols, folio: [22 incl. front.]-342, [8 incl. front.]-419, [6 incl. front.]-473 [= 495], [6]-208-[20] pp.; 103 pl. (map missing, occ. spotting, vol. 1: few marg. restorations to pl. 1, soiling on f. *2, marg. ann. in old hand, marg. dampst. to some pl.). 19th-c. half cloth, titled spines with raised bands (edges rubbed). First edition (except part 1 in 2nd ed.) of this historical work on the United Provinces of the Netherlands by the Swiss theologian and biblical scholar Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736). He settled in Amsterdam in 1684 and became professor of philosophy, literature and Hebrew at the Remonstrant seminary. Engr. ill.: 3 allegorical front. by B. Picart (vol. 1), after G. de Lairesse (vol. 2), by A. Bloteling (vol. 3), large folding pl. by D. Marot titled "La grande sale [sic] d'audience de La Haye", 2 large fold. pl., 43 double-page pl., 57 full-page pl. and numerous in-text ill. in 4th part (some full-page) depicting 396 medals and coins. Part titles printed in red & black. Ref. Conlon 23:421. - Haitsma Mulier/Vander Lem 110 j & l. - STCN (i.a. BL).