02533nam 2200469 n 450 99639599760331620221108081947.0(CKB)3810000000018697(EEBO)2269048284(UnM)99855993(EXLCZ)99381000000001869719920917d1608 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|A generall historie of the Netherlands[electronic resource] VVith the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and west-Friseland, from Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earle, successiuely vnto Philip the third King of Spaine: continued vnto this present yeare of our Lord 1608, out of the best authors that haue written of that subiect: by Ed. GrimestonLondon Printed by A. Islip, and G. EldAnno Dom. 1608[28], 299, 310-646, [4], 647-1415 [i.e. 1413], [21] p. ill. (metal cuts)Largely a translation of: Le Petit, Jean François. La grande chronique.In this edition Grimeston includes a translation of Le Petit's preface from "La grande chronique" and mentions in the translator's preface that the continuation of the history is derived from "Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis" by Emmanuel van Meteren.Eld printed quires O-2D, 3A-3P, 4I-5F, 5X-6C, and possibly the index; Islip printed the rest (STC).The engraved title-page border and many of the fifty-seven portraits are signed by Christoffel van Sichem and were originally published in Le Petit's "La grande chronique".The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.Includes index.P. 1413 misnumbered 1415.A variant (STC 12375) is dated 1609.Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.Some foxing and light print. Pages 1342-1345 spotted; page 595 folded in printing, affecting text.eebo-0113NetherlandsHistoryEarly works to 1800Le Petit Jean François1546-ca. 1615.1013715Grimeston Edward1001601Meteren Emmanuel van1535-1612.867694Sichem Christoffel vanca. 1546-1624,Cu-RivESCu-RivESUk-ESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996395997603316A generall historie of the Netherlands2393491UNISA