Description: Behelsende, Na een korte aanwysinge, van d’Opkomst en Voortgang der Roomschgesinde Bygeloovigheeden in ’t algemeen, [..] en eyndelyk door de Reformatie Ao. 1578. wederom afgeschaft. Doormengt Met veele weetenswaardige Oudtheeden van dese Landen; en in ’t bysonder van d’eerste beginselen van Amsterdam, [..]. t'Amsterdam, By Johannes van Septeren [..], 1729, [8],576,[11 index] pp. With woodcut title-vignette (dep. the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam), 1 double-p. engraved bird’s-eye plan of Amsterdam by J. van Sassen after Cornelis Anthonisz., 1 large fold. engraved bird’s-eye view (“Afbeeldinge van een fraaye Coupel-Kerk, uytgevonden door Mr. Nicolaas Listing, Advokaat, om op de Booter-Markt alhier geplaatst te worden; beneffens de geheele Booter-markt, en alle de omleggende Huysen”, ca. 53 x 70 cm.), 50 engravings (incl. small-sized views of Amsterdam) printed on 23 leaves (of which 3 folding), 1 double-p. engraved plate (dep. a calendar) & several engraved text-ills. Small folio, 18th-cent. calf, gilt ribbed spine with red morocco letterpiece. ? Knuttel (Kerkgeschiedenis) pp. 177-178. Bodel Nijenhuis 1470. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 309d. First & only edition of a 18th-cent. Dutch historical work on the Reformation in Amsterdam by the German historian & bibliographer Isaac Le Long (1683-1762) illustrated with a large-sized engraving of a never built “Koepelkerk” in Amsterdam designed by the Dutch lawyer Nicolaas Listingh. – Apart from a few minor imperfections (binding sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, occ. sl. foxed/ browned) in good condition.