76/1900 [Amsterdam and surroundings]. Commelin, C. Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, (...) Haar Vergrooting, Rykdom, en Wyze van Regeeringe, tot den Jare 1691/ Vervolg van de Beschryving der Stadt Amsterdam. Amst., A. van Damme, J. Ratelband etc./ Weduwe A.D. Oossaan, 1726/ 1693, 2nd ed. (vol. 1)/ 1st ed. (vol. 2), 2 vols., engr. frontisp., 2 woodcut coats of arms on title, 55 (of 57) (fold.) (double-p.) engr. maps, plans, views and plates, num. (often half-p.) ills., woodcut textills., tables, contemp. not unif. calf, folio.

- Lacks 2 plates (incl. fold. panorama). Vol.1 bookblock split; a few plates w. (occas. repaired) tears/ dam. spots; large map of Amsterdam w. sm. tears along folds; occas. soiled/ (water)stained (incl. plates); a few leaves loose(ning). Both vols. binding defective. Not collated. Sold w.a.f.

= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.