[WICQUEFORT (Abraham Van Wicquefort dit Abraham de)]

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[WICQUEFORT (Abraham Van Wicquefort dit Abraham de)]
Advis faithful to the true Dutch people. Touching what happened in the villages of Bodegrave & Swammerdam, & the unheard-of cruelties, that the François practiced there. With a Memoir of the last march of the army of the King of France in Brabant & Flanders. [The Hague, Daniel and Johannes Steucker], 1673. In-4, (2)-202 pp., fawn calf, smooth spine cloisonné and decorated with antique gilt fleurons and vases with garnet title coin, ornamented cups, speckled edges, spine and cups rubbed (late 18th century binding). ORIGINAL EDITION. THE BLACK LEGEND OF LOUIS XIV. In the lively context of the Dutch nationalist upsurge caused by the French invasion of the United Provinces, Abraham Van Wicquefort, diplomat and historian of diplomacy, historiographer of the States of Holland, denounces the exactions committed by the troops of the Marshal of Luxembourg retreating in December 1672. FIRST PRINTING OF THE SEIZING SCENES WITH ENGRAVED WATER FORTE BY ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, comprising 10 compositions stamped on 8 folding plates without text (Philip Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, No. 140; John Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as book illustrator, No. 30).
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