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HISTORY - PEACE OF MUNSTER - SUYDERHOEF, Jonas. Beëdiging van de Vrede van Münster, 1648. Engraving by Jonas Suyderhoef after Gerard ter Borch with the same dimensions as the original copperplate by Ter Borch; framed under passe-partout behind glass. Some wear (margins and upper right corner), else very fine. With: 'Tractaet van Vrede, Besloten den dertighsten Januarii dezes tegenwoordigen jaers 1648, binnen de Stadt van Munster in Westphalen [...]'.'s Gravenhage, By de Weduwe ende Erfgenamen van wijlen Hillebrant Jacobsz van Wouw, [...] 1648. Small 4to. With engraved vignette of the coat of arms of the Netherlands on title page. Title page with sm. unobtrusive restoration, some foxing (margins), else good. (28) pp. Dimensions: Image size 46 x 57.5 cm., frame size 55 x 74.5 cm. Artist or Maker: PEACE OF MUNSTER - SUYDERHOEF, Jonas. Provenance: Private collection; B.M. Israel, Amsterdam Notes: Ter Borch was present during the negotiations in Münster and is pictured on the left side of the image. The rare publication on the Peace of Münster is probably a later reprint (from: Recueil van de tractaten, gemaeckt ende geslooten tusschen de Hoog Mogende Heeren Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden ter eenre, ende verscheyde Koningen, Princen ende Potentaten ter andere zyde". The Hague, s.a. (c. 1700), with small differences in the title page (cf. copy in the library of the University of Leiden).