Description: , In ’s Graven-Hage, By Iohan Veely [..], 1657-1671. 14 Vols. in 15 parts. With engraved frontispiece, 15 woodcut title-vignettes & 5 fold. letterpress tables. 4to (ca. 20 x 15 cm.), 17th-cent. (almost unif.) gilt calf with gilt ribbed spine. (15x), ? Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 7d. Cf. Knuttel (Verboden boeken) 11 & De Buck 2562 (both listing the folio-edition publ. in 1669-1672). Rare complete set of the first & only 4to-edition (comprising nearly 15.000 text-pages) of an important source for the history of the Netherlands in the 17th century (incl. references to the trade & commerce with America and the West Indies). Due to his extensive relations the Dutch historian & diplomat Lieuwe van Aitzema (1600-1669) had a large number of original (sometimes secret) documents at his disposal. ? A few small defects to the bindings (spine-ends of 7 vols. sl. dam./ chipped, covers partly rubbed/ worn). All vols. with small library-stamp in lower blank margin of title-page, occ. sl. foxed/ browned, but nevertheless an acceptable set in good condition.