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Elzevier imprint - West-Indische Compagnie] - Korte onderrichtinghe ende vermaeninge aen alle liefhebbers des Vaderlandts / om liberalijcken te teeckenen inde West-Indische Compagnie. Leiden, Amsterdam, I. Elzevier, D. P. Pers, 1622, 4to, mod. half leather, [10] ff. (some dampstaining). Good copy.
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?) early Elzevier publication, a plea to invest in the West-indian Company, sometimes attributed to Willem Usselinx (1567-1647). It exists in 3 issues: 1. Elzevier (alone), 2. Elzevier & D. Pers (Amsterdam) ( this one ), 3. Elzevier & J. van Waesberghe (Rotterdam). Woodcut mark on title. In gothic type. Mod. bookpl. Ref. STCN (1). Cp. Willems 198 (issues 1 and 3 only). Cp. Knuttel 3363 ("belangrijk geschrift"). Not in Berghman, Rahir, BL, BnF (has Rotterdam issue).