Description: Voorregten, Koophandel, Gebouwen, Kerkenstaat, Schoolen, Schutterye, Gilden en Regeeringe, [..]. [Vols. 1-4]. Te Amsterdam [vols. 1-3]/ Te Harlingen [vol. 4], By Isaak Tirion [vols. 1-2]/ By Yntema en Tieboel [vol. 3]/ By V. van der Plaats [vol. 4], 1760-1802. 4 Vols. With engraved frontispiece by R. Vinkeles after C. Ploos van Amstel, 4 ident. engraved title-vignettes (dep. the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam), 1 engraved portrait (of Jan Wagenaar) by J. Houbraken after J. Buys, 97 (fold.) engraved maps/ plans/ views/ portraits/ plates & EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 36 engravings (taken from C. Commelin’s “Beschryvinge van Amsterdam”, 1693-1694 or 1726). Small folio, late 18th-/ early 19th-cent. unif. half-roan, gilt ribbed spine with calf letterpiece . (4x) ? Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 311. Bodel Nijenhuis 1475. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 507i. Complete set of the first folio-edition of one of the most attractively illustrated 18th-cent. descriptions of Amsterdam by the Dutch historian Jan Wagenaar (1709-1773) including the scarce 4th volume (illustrated with 2 engr. portraits & 12 engraved views, i.a. “Het Springen van ’s Lands Oorlogschip Alphen, in de Haven van Cura?ao”, ca. 23 x 35,5 cm). – Erratic pagination, but text is complete. Apart from a few minor imperfections (bindings sl. rubbed/ worn, a few engravings bound in a wrong order, occ. sl. waterstained in outer blank margin of vol. 4) a good set (printed with wide margins).