Interest van Holland, ofte Gronden van Hollands-Welvaren.

8vo: [16]-267-[5] pp. (some min. spotting and browning).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine.

First edition of this analysis of the miraculous economic success of Holland, the leading province of the Dutch Republic by Dutch economist and businessman Pieter de la Court (1618-85). The work is still seen as one of the 17th and 18th centuries' preeminent textbooks on economics and political freedom. De la Court identifies the free competition and the republican form of government as the leading factors of the wealth and power of Holland.
Ref. STCN. - Knuttel 8652.
Prov. Contemp. annotations.
Joined: [Parival, Jean Nicolas de] - Ware interest van Holland; gebouwt op de ruïnen van den interest van Holland, onlangs uitgegeven door D.V.H. Leiden, J. Princen, 1662. 8vo: 208 pp. Contemp. half vellum with tiny corners, flat spine. Dutch trsl. of "Les delices de la Hollande. Avec un traité du gouvernement, et un abregé de ce qui s'est passé de plus memorable jusques à l'an de grace 1661" (first 1651, Leiden). Discussion of Parival (1605-1669), an Orangist, with de la Court on whether or not Holland was allowed to separate from the Union. Ref. STCN. - UGent. - Knuttel 8653b.
Bound with: Toetze op het laster-schrift, t'onrecht genaamt stadhouderlyke regeeringe van Holland en West-Vriesland. Leiden, Jan Princen, 1662. 126-[2] pp. Pamphlet. Ref. STCN. - Knuttel 8656c. - Van der Wulp 3930. (2 vol.)