1690 Rare Dutch vellum Book - Gilbert Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England. Illustrated.

 

Author: Gilbert Burnet.
Title: Kort-begryp van de Historie der Reformatie van de Kerk van Engeland [...] En daaruyt in't Nederduytsch gebragt door Wm. Sewel. (Gilbert Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England).
Language: Text in Dutch.
Publisher: T'Amsterdam, : by de Weduwe van Steven Swart, 1690.
Size : 7 " X 4 ".
Pages: 447 pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining).
Illustrations: Complete with the engraved title page and the 7 portraits.

The book: Scarce and nice 17th-century Dutch edition of the first part of Gilbert Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England.

The author: Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian. He was always closely associated with the Whig party, and was one of the few close friends in whom King William III confided.