Abraham

Verhael in forme van journael van de reys ende 't vertoeven van den seer doorluchtige ende machtige prins Carel de II Koning van Groot Britannien &c. Welcke hy in Hollandt gedaen heeft zedert den 25 Mey tot den 2 Junij 1660.

1660rif. 23501The Hague 1660. Folio. Adrian Vlack Contemporary vellum sewn on 5 supports laced through the joints modern green closing ties. With the engraved coat-of-arms of Charles II on the title page an engraved folding portrait of Charles II 6 double-page engraved plates an engraved headpiece and two decorated woodcut initials. 4 "124" =126 6 pp. First edition of a beautifully illustrated account of Charles II of England's 1630-1685 travels through the Netherlands on his way to regain the English Crown. The splendid plates in the present copy are in their first states and the portrait of Charles II even in a proof state. The text was based on both eye-witness accounts and the government papers the author had access to.Charles I 1600-1649 father of Charles II had a long-running dispute with Parliament which lead to two English Civil Wars in quick succession and eventually to Charles' execution. After this Great Britain became a republic with Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658 as the Lord Protector. Charles II was then crowned king of only Scotland 1649-1651 but was threatened by Cromwell's army and forced into exile on the continent where he stayed in the Southern Low Countries. When Cromwell died he was succeeded by his son Richard. Richard had little experience however and quickly resigned. During the unrest that followed Parliament decided to accept the Declaration of Breda which were Charles' conditions for returning as king. He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in April 1661.Charles II received his invitation to return to England on the 8th of May 1660 while staying in Breda. The present work is an account of his journey to London via Delft The Hague and Scheveningen. The plates show Charles' arrival in Delft and The Hague on the Vijverberg his reception in The Hague with a banquet at the Mauritshuis where he was seated next to the later Dutch king William III two plates of Charles II addressing the Dutch Parliament one with the members standing and one with them seated and Charles's departure from Scheveningen. They were engraved after designs by Jacob Toorenvliet 1640-1719 and Adriaen van de Venne 1590-1662. The work was simultaneously published in French English and Dutch by the same printer and with the same plates.The author of the text was the colourful diplomat Abraham de Wicquefort 1598-1682 who after having been the Resident in Paris for the Elector of Brandenburg from 1626 to 1658 was appointed Historian of Holland by his patron the Pensionary Johan de Witt. He also was the Resident in The Hague of the famous art collector and collector of books the Duke of Brandenburg August of Wolfenbüttel. He wrote a number of works on diplomacy and Dutch history.The vellum is somewhat scratched with minor restorations new closing ties. The work is somewhat browned throughout with rusty paperclip marks on the first flyleaf and the lower margin of the first page the edges of the 4th plate Banquet in the Mauritshuis are somewhat frayed and the margins of the 6th plate Charles II addressing parliament have been cut somewhat short but without affecting the engraved image. Otherwise in good condition.l Franken Van de Venne p. 85 nrs. 17-18 plates; Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 126; Muller Historieplaten 2156 plates; Muller Portretten 2855 portrait of Charles II; STCN 853032696 11 copies; USTC 1845780 9 copies; not in Berlin Kat. hardcover

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