Histoire de Guillaume III., roy d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse, de France, et d'Irlande, prince d'Orange, &c.; contenant ses actions les plus memorables, depuis sa naissance jusques à son elevation sur le trône, & ce qui s'est passé dupuis jusques à l'entiere red
Title in red and black Added etched t.p. signed by Romeyn de Hooghe and dated 1691. Twelve full-page etchings signed by de Hooghe that depict festival constructions for William's entry into The Hague, 1691, with associated medalic decorations. Etched head-piece and initial at dedication signed by Adriaan Schoonebeck Signatures: pi² *² A-2F In preliminaries of Getty c. 1 etched title precedes letterpress title, and letterpress dedication precedes etched leaf honoring Chevalier. In c. 2 both pairs of leaves are reversed Binding, c. 1: mottled sheepskin. Spine tooled in gilt, title in gilt on red label. Edges of boards gilt rolled. Edges sprinkled red & brown. Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed P.S Binding, c. 2: later paper decorated in tree-calf pattern. Signature on frontispiece: W. Büren, dated 1693. Pencilled bookseller's name "Staack," price code and date on back pastedown in Leonard Baskin's hand; Baskin's initial B written in pencil after signature letter L; his printed labels for Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedown
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