[17th to 19th centuries] [House of Orange] (L'Oyseleur dit de Villiers, P.) Apologie ofte verantwoordinghe des doorluchtighen ende hooghgheborenen Vorsts ende Heeren, Heeren Wilhelms van Godes ghenade Prince van Orangien (...). Leiden, J. Paedts Jacobsz., 1607. 119,(1) p. Comtemp. limp vellum wr. 4to. Joints sl. loose, some signs of wear. Early Dutch edition of this famous apologia (first ed. 1581 in 2 variants), attributed to Pierre l'Oyseleur dit de Villiers, court chaplain, against Philip of Spain who promulgated a ban on William the Silent, putting a large reward on the head of this 'traitor and enemy of the human race'. Knuttel 559.

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