(Schotanus, Christian). Beschryvinge van de Heerlykheyd van Frieslandt tusschen 't Flie and de Lauwers. 4 Bl., 280 S. With copper title, engraved coat of arms board, 35 double-leaf or multiple folded copper engraved maps and 11 engraved city maps. 31 x 19.5 cm. Leather d. C. (breathed and bruised, front joint bursted, the Vdeckel loosened by it; without the closing straps) with gold plated RSchild, lid fillets and gold stamped arabesque as centerpiece. (Franeker, Johannes Wellens, 1664). Tielke 976. ADB XXXII, 391. – First edition of the splendidly illustrated Friesland chronicle by the reformed theologian and important linguist Christian Schotanus (1601-1671), who worked as a professor of Greek and theology at the University of Franeker. In addition to a map of Friesland by Bernardus Schotanus, it contains numerous sub-maps of the province, each with beautiful cartouches, as well as eleven city views from the bird's eye view with small panoramas over it, among others from Leeuwarden, Bolsward, Franeker, Harlingen, Dockum and Sneek. – Numerous locations in the lower edge with faded moisture spot, overall well preserved. Nice two-column pressure.