Elzevirs 1627/30, 1630, 1629, 1641 (Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal incl. Brazil) (4 vol)

Respublica, sive Status regni Scotiae et Hiberniae. Leiden, Elzevir, 1627. 10,5 x 6 cms. 284 pp. including engraved title. (Colophon dated 1630.) Old vellum, yapp edges, lightly soiled, front pastedown loose exposing board, small inscription cut from one of the front flyleaves. Berghman 1873. Willems 287. Description of Scotland and Ireland, with contributions by George Buchanan, William Camden, Hector Boëtius and others.

Gottfried Hegenitus & Abraham Ortelius: Itinerarium Frisio-Hollandicum, et […] Itinerarium Gallo-Brabanticum. Leiden, Elzevir, 1630. 10 x 6,5 cms. 1-180, [4], 181-352 pp. Title printed in red & black. Old vellum, yapp edges, recent handwritten title to spine. Berghman 1826. Willems 330.

Jean De Laet: Hispania, sive de regis Hispaniae Regnis et opibus commentarius. Leiden, Elzevir, 1629. 10,8 x 5,5 cms. 526 pp. incl. engraved title. Old vellum, yapp edges, front cover wormed and with traces of paper label, recent handwritten title to spine, old ms title to upper edge, a few old annotations, lower hinge weak. Berghman 1750. Willems 313, n.

Jean De Laet: Portugallia, sive de regis Portugalliae regnis et opibus. Leiden, Elzevir, 1641. 10,5 x 5,5 cms. [16] pp. incl. engraved title + 1-288, 287-430, 441-460 + [10] pp. (Complete, irregular pagination.) Recent vellum (Nils Linde, Gothenburg), yapp edges, gilt device of Arvid Posse on front cover, ms title to spine. Berghman 1754. Willems 525. This small tome on Portugal describes her many colonies as well, including the largest one, Brazil.

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