Commentariolus de statu confoederatarum provinciarum Belgii
Contributors: Merula, Paulus, 1558-1607; England and Wales; Holland en West-Friesland (Netherlands). Staten
Edition: Editio quinta auctior & emendatior. / Accessit de eadem materia Pauli Merulae Diatriba nec non Decretum ordd. Holl. & West-Frisiae, de antiquo iure Reip. Batavicae.
Publisher: Ex typogr. Adriani Vlacq
Published: 1659
Place of publication: Hagae-Comitum [i.e. The Hague]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Constitutional law; History
Notes: Sixth edition, The Hague, 1668, attributed to Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn by the KB Online cat.

First printed Leiden and The Hague, 1649.

Roman numeral date on title page made with inverted Cs.

"Pauli Merulae De statu reipubl. Batavicae diatriba", p. [145]-174, 2nd count, has divisional title page.

"Articuli pacis Unionis et Confoederationis perpetuò duraturae, inter serenissimum & celsissimum Dominum Olivarium, Dominum protectorem reipub. Angliae, Scotiae, & Hiberniae, &c. ab una: et celsos potentesque dominos Ordines generales foederatarum Belgii provinciarum ab altera parte conclusae", p. [175]-202, 2nd count, has divisional title page.

Includes discussion of Dutch voyages of discover in the East and West Indies and of the Dutch colonies in Brazil. The "Articuli pacis Unionis et Confoederationis" is a Latin copy of the 1654 treaty of Westminister between England and Wales, France, and the United Provinces and makes references to America.

Signatures: [parentheses with 3 dots in a pyramid]⁶ ([parentheses with 3 dots in a pyramid]1 and [parentheses with 3 dots in a pyramid]2 versos blank) A-H¹² (G1, H4 versos blank) I⁶ (I6 blank)

Added engraved title page reads: Commentariolus de statu foederati Belgii with imprint: Hagae-Comitum: Ex typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1659.

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; initials.

European Americana 659/24.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary unbleached paper covered boards.