Description: Zynde een Naukeurige verhandelinge van desselfs eerste Oorspronk uyt den Huyse Der Heeren van Amstel, en Amstellant, Haar Vergrootingen, Rykdom, en Wyze van Regeeringe, tot den Jare 1691 [..]. t’Amsterdam, By de Wed[uwe]. Aart Dirksz. Oossaan [..], 1693-1694. 2 Vols.: [18],528 and [2],529-1223,[41 index] pp. With engraved frontispiece by G. van Gouwen after P. Tideman, 2 ident. woodcut title-vignettes (dep. the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam), 5 double-p. engraved plans (of which 1 folding), 1 large fold. engraved panoramic view (“Amsterdam aan de Waterkant van t’Y te Sien”, ca. 25 x 52 cm.), 46 engraved views/ plates (of which 37 double-p., incl. 1 engraving dep. 4 views of “Amsterveen/ Slooten/ Slooterdyk/ Osdorp”), 3 double-p. letterpress genealogical tables & num. engraved text-ills. Folio, late 17th-/ early 18th-cent. unif. gilt calf with gilt ribbed spine (rubbed/ worn). (2x) ? Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66. Bodel Nijenhuis 1462. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 116a. Complete set of the first edition printed on LARGE PAPER (ca. 37 x 23,5 cm.) of one of the most attractively illustrated 17th-cent. descriptions of Amsterdam by the Dutch historian Caspar Commelin (1636-1693). – As in all copies 1 engraving is apparently missing according to the binder’s index (“Amsterdam met de Stadts Gebouwen”), but the number of engravings is complete (according to Nijhoff/ Van Hattum). With defects to the bindings (spine-ends sl. dam., joints partly splitting). Occ. sl. marg. waterstained, occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless in a good interior condition.