Willem usselincx (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2015; facsimile reproduction of the 1622 Nicholas Bourne publication; glossy paper covers; minimal shelf wear; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 37 pages.

Zustand: New.

Utrecht, A. Oosthoek, 1914, (10),237,(2); CXXXII,(1) pag., frontispiece portrait, original wrappers, square octavo (21,7 x 17,1 cm.).= In 1621, Usselincx was one of the founding fathers of the Dutch West India Company, an enterprise he had planned for many years. His intentions were not entirely commercial. He hoped to create a new and better society. He expected that thousands of Protestants would migrate to America. He did not wish so much to exploit the country, but rather to let arise a New Netherland. In this secondary goal, he was insufficiently supported by the States-Generla of the Netherlands.…

The first of two editions (Landwehr) of Usselincx's treatise on the importance of Dutch trade and commerce in the East and West Indies. This short book was part of the pamphlet war that accompanied the negotiations for an armistice between the Dutch States General and Spain that had been going on since 1606. During the negotiations, the Spanish side began to contest the right of the VOC to free passage and to free trade with the East and West Indies. The Flemish Dutch merchant Willem Usselincx (1567 - c. 1647) became one of the most outspoken critics of these planned restricions that would seriously affect his and his fellow merchant's interest. His "Onpartydich discours opte handelinghe vande Indien" was, as could be expected, a not so much impartial comparison between the Spanish and Dutch interests in this matter. Usselincx took a firm stand on the Dutch side, arguing that the right to free passage and trade is a natural and innate freedom that should not become the bargaining chip of international politics. Similar arguments were brought forward just a year later in Hugo Grotius' influential "Mare Liberum", another work stemming from the conflict around access and trade.The book is in very good shape, a small repair has been made to the paper in the blank top margin on the first sheet.l Asher 36, Knuttel 1436, Kress 305, Landwehr 51, Sabin 98206, STCN 860182541. Modern blue paper wrappers, blank label on the front wrapper. Pages: [8] pp.…

First and only(?) edition of one of the most important and best argued pamphlets on the Dutch in America, written to promote the establishment of the West India Company and to warn of the dangers and disadvantages of making peace with Spain. Usselincx's writings "are models of precision and of reasoning, clear and concise, the style simple and popular, the plan plainly laid down and well followed out. [They] teem with the most varied information, and possess an historical importance of the first order" (Asher, p. 74). Here he argues that peace with Spain would promote trade in the Spanish-controlled Southern Netherlands at the expense of the Northern, would hinder Dutch trade in the East Indies and prevent them from establishing a West Indian Company.With the number "19" in manuscript on title-page, leaves numbered 46 (title-page) to 63 (last leaf), and with a waterstain at the lower outer corner. Otherwise in very good condition.l Alden & Landis 608/171; Asher 32 (= 26-28/14); JCB II, p. 57; James Ford Bell Lib. U-57; Kress 297; Knuttel 1441; Muller, America 1543; Sabin 98200[b]; Simoni U-9; Tiele, Pamfletten 649. Modern pink paper wrappers. With a woodcut arabesque ornament on the title page and 1 woodcut decorated initial. Pages: [36] pp.…

First(?) edition (one of two dated 1608) of a polemical discourse in Dutch strongly advocating freedom of trade for the Dutch East India Company, sometimes attributed to Willem Usselincx (1567-1647). After 1600 the Dutch met growing successes in their war of independence from Spain, and in 1605 they captured large parts of the East Indies that had belonged to the united Spanish and Portuguese crown. This forced the Spanish to agree to a cease-fire in 1607. Negotiations began, but the Dutch merchants vehemently opposed any concessions to Spain. This set off a pamphlet war, especially on the subject of free trade in the East and West Indies. The present discourse discusses the Dutch trade in both the East and the West Indies and the trade routes to the East, both around the Cape of Good Hope and via the Strait of Magellan, including a brief description of all territories from the Cape via Ceylon to the East Indies and Philippines. It also emphasises the great commercial profits of the trade and gives some information on the early Dutch voyages to the East Indies.Slightly browned, and with a water stain at the head, slightly affecting the first two or three lines of text on most pages, but still in good condition. Lacking the final blank leaf. The binding is very good. An influential, radical anti-Spanish pamphlet on the rights of the VOC, banned by the Dutch government only months after its publication.l JCB II, p. 56; Knuttel 1428; Landwehr, VOC 47; Sabin 98192; cf. Asher 35 (variant ed.). 20th-century half brown sheepskin, marbled sides. With an ornamental band built up from cast arabesque fleurons. Set in textura types with most of the title-page in roman. Pages: [14] pp.…