(NEW YORK) Description Exacte de tout ce qui sest passé dans

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THE FALL OF NEW AMSTERDAM (NEW YORK.) Description Exacte de tout ce qui s'est passé dans les Guerres entre le Roy d'Angleterre, le Roy de France, les Estats des Provinces Unies du Pays-Bas, & l'Evesque de Munster. 9 half-page illustrations, including title vignette. 241, [2] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; minor toning, front free endpaper loose, title chipped along fore-edge. Amsterdam: Jacques Benjamin, 1668

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first edition in french of a contemporary account of the 1664-67 Anglo-Dutch War, during which the English seized New Amsterdam and renamed it New York. The Dutch first edition was published in the previous year. European Americana 668/43; Howes K253 ("best contemporary account").