[KINSCHOT, Gasparus Rudolphus van].

Beschryving der stad Oudewater; waarin aangetoont word der zelver herkomst uit het Uitrechtsche Bisdom, overgang tot de Graaflykheid van Holland ...Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1747. 4to. With title-page in red and black (with engraved armorial mark), full-page engraved armorial dedication, 2 maps and 5 views, all engraved and folding (24.5 x 19.5 cm), 2 engravings in the text, and woodcut initials and tailpiece. Contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled, new endpapers.

      xvi, 600, 14, (1) pp. Nijhoff & V. Hattum 159 .FIRST EDITION of a description and history ofthe city of Oudewater in the province of Utrecht, by G.R. van Kinschot (1704-1748), the city bailiff. The folding plates provide two maps of the city (in 1632 and 1746), and five views of the principal buildings, etc., drawn by Hendrik de Winter and finely engraved by F. van Bleyswyk, Jan Besoet and Joannes van der Spyk. The armorial dedication is by J.C. Phillips. At the end the book includes the texts of numerous charters, proclamations and other primary sources.Nijhoff & V. Hattum note that there are copies on large and heavy paper. The present copy is apparently one of these, with very large margins (the paper is watermarked IV = simple fleur-de-lis). With engraved bookplate of Edw. Huydecoper van Nigtevecht, the paper still fresh and crisp, a burn mark on the head edge, not approaching the text, and only very minor blemishes on a few leaves. Binding slightly rubbed. A fine large-paper copy of Van Kinschot's account of Oudewater.