Leiden & Rotterdam: Hakkens, 1669. Contemporary vellum with handwritten title to spine. Engraved title page. Owner's name to the front end paper. A much enlarged edition of a famous argument for commercial and industrial freedom originally published in 1662 (and reissued several times after) as a small volume with the title 'Interest van Holland'. "The only Dutch best selling economics book" if such a thing is possible! "The True interest and political maxims of the Republick of Holland" (the title of the English edition) expresses much of the ideological background of the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. Wildenberg 1111. Knuttel, Verboden boeken' 4. Carpenter, The economic bestsellers before 1850' 6. Goldsmiths'-Kress 01895.1 Vellum boards are in good, clean condition. slight cracking to binding at the title page, but not significant. Quite a few lines have been underlined at some point (not contemporary but not recently). [XLIV], 523, [1 errata] pp. 210 by 160mm (8¼ by 6¼ inches).