TEMPLE, CHEVALIER. (WILLIAM)
Remarques sur l'estat des Provinces unies des Païs-Bas, Faites en l'an 1672.
La Haye, Jean & Daniel Steucker, 1685.
12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raise bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Parts of gilting worn off and small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. (28), 270, (1) pp.
Later edition, first published in 1673, of Temple’s exposition on the tumultuous events of 1672, often referred to in Dutch history as the Rampjaar ("Disaster Year"), the book examines the internal and external challenges facing the Dutch Republic. The year 1672 was marked by a coordinated attack on the Dutch Republic by France, England and the German areas of Münster and Cologne. Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628 –1699) was an English diplomat, politician and writer. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II of England, with whom he then fell out.
It is regarded as being one of the most significant crises in Dutch history, a time when the Republic’s survival was under threat.
Order-nr.: 61718
DKK 2.250,00