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:

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

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

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

See Category:Prints from Manesson Travaux de Mars at the Peace Palace Library

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

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

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

See Category:Books by Hugo Grotius

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

See Category:Disputationes, dissertationes and exercitationes from the Peace Palace Library

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

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

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