First published 1621 under title: Nederlantsche oorloghen, beroerten, ende borgerlijcke oneenicheyden.

Vol. 2-4 have imprint dates 1680, 1681, 1684. Dirk Boom replaced by his widow in imprint of v. 4.

Printed largely in double columns, with sidenotes.

Each vol. has added title leaf, engraved by Abraham Blooteling after W. Schellinkx, and port. of author by Anthony van Zylvelt after Frans Hals. The 119 leaves of plates comprise 38 double-leaf plates and 43 single-page engraved ports. They include etched scenes by Jan Luiken (that following v. 2, p. 428 after Romeyn de Hooghe), and others by Cornelis Decker, Gilliam van der Gouwen, Joseph Mulder. Some plates also appear in Hugo Grotius's Nederlandtsche jaerboeken en historien, issued 1681 by the same printers.

Woodcut device on t.p.'s with initials of all four printers.

Index compiled by Abraham van Poot has special added t.p., end of v. 4.

Binding: goatskin, tooled in gilt. Edges sprinkled red & blue. Two pairs of green cloth ties at foredges.

All vols. have lineblock pictorial bookplate of F. Fasting. On front free endpaper of v. 1 are signatures of F.D. Fonten(?), dated 1819, and of A. Le Comte, dated 1896. On half title of v. 1 is signature of A.R. van Dalsen.