The true interest and political maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland. In three parts. The first treating of liberty in general. Of manufactures. Fisheries. Traffick. Navigation. Toleration of religion. A general naturalization. Freedom from imposts. Impartial justice; and settling of colonys. Part II. and III. Of a free navigation, and clearing the seas. of war and peace. Of treatys of peace and alliances, particularly with England, France and Spain. Of the natural strength and fortifications of Holland. And of its interest in all respects as to the government of a single person. Written by John de Witt, and other great men in Holland. Publish'd by the authority of the States

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  • The true interest and political maxims of the Republick of Holland and West-Friesland. In three parts. The first treating of liberty in general. Of manufactures. Fisheries. Traffick. Navigation. Toleration of religion. A general naturalization. Freedom from imposts. Impartial justice; and settling of colonys. Part II. and III. Of a free navigation, and clearing the seas. of war and peace. Of treatys of peace and alliances, particularly with England, France and Spain. Of the natural strength and fortifications of Holland. And of its interest in all respects as to the government of a single person. Written by John de Witt, and other great men in Holland. Publish'd by the authority of the States
  • Aanwissing der heilsams politike Gronden en Maximen van de Republike van Holland. English
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Imprint
London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year MDCCII. [1702]
Added name
Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672.
Publication year
1702
ESTC No.
T105638
Grub Street ID
158903
Description
lvi,492p. : ill.,port. ; 8°.
Note
Wrongly attributed to Jan de Witt; in fact by Pieter de la Court

A translation of 'Aanwissing der heilsams politike Gronden en Maximen van de Republike van Holland', 1669, a revised and enlarged edition of 'Interest van Holland' published in 1662 without his consent, and with alterations and the addition of two chapters (hoofdstukken) and part of another byJohan de Witt. Cf. Van der Aa, Biog. woordenb. III. (1858) p. 787-789, and Fruin, R. Aandeel van de Witt aan het 'Interest van Holland' De Grds, 1865, II, 459 (NUC)

Half-title: 'The interest of Holland'

The verso of the half-title bears a portrait of Johan de Witt

Apparently printed by John Darby; the work is listed in an advertisement for 'Books printed by J. Darby' in Algernon Sidney's Discourses concerning government, 1704.