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NEW YORK – WASSENAER, Nicolaes. Historische Verhael alder ghedenck-weerdichste geschiedenissen…. Amsterdam: [1622-35]. [With]: Hollantze Mercurius. Haarlem: 1665-70.
“The colony is now established on the Manhates ….” (November 1626, in translation).
Very rare Dutch periodicals chronicling the activities of Peter Minuit and the early settlement of New Netherlands, including the first mention of that country in print and a contemporary printing of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions (March 1630). Primary source material on early 17th century Manhattan and environs is extremely rare, especially as news annuals as a category had only just come into existence around this time. Wassenaer was very interested in the Dutch North American settlements and even dedicated the second issue to the West India Company. The details provided here include descriptions of Fort Nassau (Albany), the Hudson, surrounding Indian tribes and their customs, maize, Mohawk[?] vocabulary, flora and fauna, specific encounters between settlers and natives, etc. The account of the settlement on Manhattan is detailed, “The colony is now established on the Manhates, where a fort has been staked out by Master Kryn Frederycks, an engineer. It is planned to be of large dimensions … The counting-house there is kept in a stone building, thatched with reed; the other houses are of the bark of trees. Each has his own house. The Director and Koopman live together; there are thirty ordinary houses on the east side of the river, which runs nearly north and south…”
The 1665 volume chronicles English encroachments on New Netherlands. All translations are from Jameson’s Narratives of New Netherland 1609-1664, 1967, a copy of which is included with the lot. See pp.61-90 and pg.411. Sabin 102039.
Historische Verhael: 21 volumes bound in 7. Quarto. Engraved title-pages. Contemporary vellum (except first vol. in modern vellum). Hollantze Mercurius. Volumes 15-20 bound in 1. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum (spine defective). Sold as periodicals, not subject to return.
“The colony is now established on the Manhates ….” (November 1626, in translation).
Very rare Dutch periodicals chronicling the activities of Peter Minuit and the early settlement of New Netherlands, including the first mention of that country in print and a contemporary printing of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions (March 1630). Primary source material on early 17th century Manhattan and environs is extremely rare, especially as news annuals as a category had only just come into existence around this time. Wassenaer was very interested in the Dutch North American settlements and even dedicated the second issue to the West India Company. The details provided here include descriptions of Fort Nassau (Albany), the Hudson, surrounding Indian tribes and their customs, maize, Mohawk[?] vocabulary, flora and fauna, specific encounters between settlers and natives, etc. The account of the settlement on Manhattan is detailed, “The colony is now established on the Manhates, where a fort has been staked out by Master Kryn Frederycks, an engineer. It is planned to be of large dimensions … The counting-house there is kept in a stone building, thatched with reed; the other houses are of the bark of trees. Each has his own house. The Director and Koopman live together; there are thirty ordinary houses on the east side of the river, which runs nearly north and south…”
The 1665 volume chronicles English encroachments on New Netherlands. All translations are from Jameson’s Narratives of New Netherland 1609-1664, 1967, a copy of which is included with the lot. See pp.61-90 and pg.411. Sabin 102039.
Historische Verhael: 21 volumes bound in 7. Quarto. Engraved title-pages. Contemporary vellum (except first vol. in modern vellum). Hollantze Mercurius. Volumes 15-20 bound in 1. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum (spine defective). Sold as periodicals, not subject to return.