76/3102 [Ruyter, M. de]. Brandt, G. Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, Hertog, Ridder, &c. L. Admiraal Generaal van Hollandt en Westvrieslandt. Amst., Wolfgang, Waasberge a.o., 1687, 1st ed., (8),1063[=1065],(23)p., woodcut printer´s mark, engr. frontisp., portrait of M. de Ruyter, 7 (of 8) (fold./ double-p./ full-p.) plates, mainly by D. STOOPENDAEL, mottled calf w. central gilt mirror ornament and gilt double fillet border, richly gilt spine, folio.

- Lacks one plate; occas. (sl.) yellowed; 2 lvs. loosening. Corners bumped/ dam.; foot of spine worn.

= Nice plates of sea-battles. Cat. NHSM p.843. The most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.