Tractatus pacis
Subtitle: [a made-up collection of 5 peace treaties between the United Provinces of the Netherlands and Spain or Portugal].
Contributors: Spain.; Portugal.
Published: 1609
Place of publication: [The Hague
Language: dut
Subjects: Peace treaties.; Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.; Spain -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.; Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.
Notes: Spine title.
The collection comprises 10 publications, each printed in quarto format and unpaged, bound together by a former owner and interleaved (generally with 2 blanks per printed leaf). The 1st and 3rd items contain, respectively, the Dutch and the French text of the Twelve Years' Truce signed between Spain and the United Provinces Apr. 9, 1609; the 2nd is the Dutch text of a related treaty between the parties signed Jan. 7, 1610. The 4th-6th items are, respectively, the Dutch, original Latin, and Portuguese versions of the 10-year truce between Portugal and the United Provinces signed June 12, 1641. The 7th is the Dutch translation of a Latin treaty between Portugal and the United Provinces concerning Fort Galle and the East Indies traffic, signed Mar. 27, 1645. The 8th and 9th are, respectively, the Dutch and the French text of the treaty signed at Münster Jan. 30, 1648 (as part of the general Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War) between Spain and the United Provinces, recognizing the independence of the latter; the 10th is a Dutch codicil of Feb. 4, 1648, concerning trade and navigation.