Collections of the Peace Palace Library

Peace Palace Library

	Native name	Bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis
	Location	The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 05′ 12″ N, 4° 17′ 44″ E
	Established	1913
	Website	ppl.nl
	Authority file	: Q3046797 VIAF: 135721970 ISNI: 000000040395271X LCCN: n50053119 SUDOC: 029342007 BNF: 120988740 WorldCat

The Collections of the Peace Palace Library on the Wikimedia Commons consist of 1985 high resolution photographs of prints from old books, and of other subjects. A sample:

History

Execution of homosexual Franciscan monks, Bruges 1578. From Bor: Nederlantsche Oorloghen, 1621
Allegory, Spanish soldier menaces Dutch girl. Background of executions and battle. From Gysius: Oorspronck ende voortgang
The Utrecht castle Vredenburgh, to be demolished later by the rebel population. Hooft: Nederlandsche historien, 1703.
Pontoon bridge used by Alexander Farnese during his siege of Antwerp, 1584-1585...
...blown up, 1585. Both prints from Strada: Histoire de la guerre des Païs Bas, 1727.
Siege of Antwerpen, 1584-1585 (?). Bor: Nederlantsche Oorloghen, 1621.
The Dutch dissident Van Ledenberch was posthumously hanged in his casket. Sententie over Gielis van Ledenberch, 1619.
Capture of Maastricht, 1632. Strada: Histoire de la guerre des Païs Bas.
Burning of English ships during the Battle of Chatham (Raid on Medway), 1667. Van Kampen: Verkorte geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 1827.
Fireworks at the inauguration of King William III of England. Histoire de Guillaume III, 1703.

Portraits

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608-1657). Anselmus van Hulle: Hommes illustres, 1717.
Philip IV of Spain. Anselmus van Hulle: Hommes illustres, 1717.
Louis XIV of France. Anselmus van Hulle: Hommes illustres, 1717.
Queen Christina of Sweden. Anselmus van Hulle: Hommes illustres, 1717.
John, duke of Burgundy, Jean sans Peur, Emanuel van Meteren Historie, 1623.
Philip II, King of Spain. Emanuel van Meteren Historie, 1623.
King William III of Engeland, Stadholder Willem III of the Dutch Republic, Bizot Medalische historie der republyk van Holland,1690
Leibniz, Leibniz, Dutens: Leibniz Opera Omnia, 1787

Maps

Map of the 7 provinces (Dutch Republic), Bor: Nederlantsche Oorloghen, 1621
Map of Northern Italy and the Alps to explain Napoleon's military operation there in 1796. Clausewitz: Vom Kriege, 1857.
Map of Europe. With fake island near Iceland! Dankaerts: Historis, 1643.
Map of Augsburg. Dankaerts: Historis, 1643.
Map of the Roman Empire, Lucanus, Grotius et al. De bello civili, 1669.
Map of eastern Canada, Memoires des commissaires du roi.., 1755.
Map of the Mexican Gulf, Rigobert Bonne, 1780.
Map of the Virgin Islands, Rigobert Bonne, 1780

Art of war

Fortification design. "Archambaux" means Château de Bourbon-l'Archambault?
Design for a double fortification
Craftsmen with tools
Castle of Évora Monte (now Evoramonte), Portugal
Fortifications on the drawing board
Names of the parts in the irregular fortification
Three types of cannon
Loading cannons. A duel between a ship and a sloop

(International) law

John Selden: Mare clausum, 1636.
Mevius: Commentarii in jus Lubecense (Lubeck law), 1679
Marchius: Nucleus practici/Tractatus de legibus, 1660.
Gerard Noodt and Gronovius: Du pouvoir des souverains, 1714.
Beckmann: Jus novissimum romano-germanicum.
Pufendorf and Hert: De jure naturæ et gentium.
Huber: De jure civitatis.
Peller: Theatrum Pacis.

Diplomacy

Nieuhof: Ambassade vers la Chine, 1665.
Staunton: Embassy to the Emperor of China.
Meier: Acta pacis Westphalicæ, Peace treaty of Westphalia, 1648.
De Vera: Le parfait ambassadeur.
Hollandse consultatien.
Memoires des commissaires du roi et de ceux de sa majesté brittanique.
Le Moyne: De l'art de regner.
Traité des ambassades et des ambassadeurs, 1726.

Books by and about Hugo Grotius

Title page. Grotius: De iure belli et pacis.
An ancient German. Grotius' translation of Tacitus' Germania, Antiquitates Germanicæ.
Duim: Grotius escapes from his prison.
Title page, Grotius and Barlaeus: Dissertationes.
Grotius: Grollæ obsidio (The siege of Grollo), 1627.
Title page. Hugo Grotius: Poemata omnia (Collected poetry).
Title page. Grotius: Notarius publicus.
Grotius' translation: Syntagma Arateorum.

Dissertations

Title page. Grootenray: Dissertation on public law.
Title page. Steengracht: Dissertatio juridica.
Title page. Tellegen: De jure in mare inprimis proximum, 1847

Literature

Title page. Jeremias de Decker Gedichten, 1656.
Title page. Joost van den Vondel: Palamedes of vermoorde onnozelheit, 1736 (orig. 1625).
Title page. Martin Opitz: Teutsche Gedichte.
Title page. Freschot: Histoire amoureuse (Treaty of Utrecht, 1713).
Title page. Pieter Burman: Poetry in four volumes
Initial L in a 1826 edition of Alain Cartier: Le Lay de paix, a poetic call for peace
"Stop! start with me, i do not trust my hand, and want to die by yours", Jean François Marmontel: Les Incas 1777
Edition of Theocritus Idylls by Valckenaer, 1779. Running Greek script.

Various subjects

Kaaba in Mecca. Reland: Verhandeling van de godsdienst der Mahometaanen, 1718.
Overview of the Dardanelles to the north east on Constantinople (Istanbul). Marana: L'Espion turc,1742.
View of Woudrichem and Gorinchem from the Merwede river, The Netherlands. Tirion: Hedendaegsche historie, 1749.
Eruption of the Etna, 1669. Van den Bos: Schauplatz des Krieges, 1675.
"Paulo Tymon", Pulau Tioman, an island off the coast of Malacca. Nieuhof: Ambassade vers la Chine, 1665.
Storing slaves on a ship during the Trans-Atlantic passage. Clarkson: De kreet der Afrikanen, 1822.
Method to link slaves together. Martinet: Krieg von 1870-71, 1917.
Science fiction. "I am seven hundred years old". Mercier: L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante (The year 2440), 1786.