Wederlegginge van de weegschaal onlangs uytgegeven tegens d'Oratie des Ed. Heere Dudley Carletons, Ambassadeurs des Doorluchtigsten Conings van groot Britannien Iacobi I. By de Hooge Mogende Heeren Staten General der vereenigde Provincien van Nederland gedaen den 6. Octobris 1617 dienende tot verantwoording van de voorss. Oratie, ende om te sien hoe valsch ende incorrect die voorn. Weegschaal is. Imprint without place or printer just a date: "Gedruckt anno 1618". 4to., later blue paper cover, ribbed spine, [2]+439 pp., the original binding is lost, the bookblock is intact and solid and leaves through easily, the first and last page - blank - (directly covered by the blue paper) are somewhat smudged and there are only some minor waterstains. With some lovely decorative initials and head- and tailpieces. With some interesting contemporary handwritten notes in ink. On the titlepage: "Lucas von Achen me possidet, n. C. Hasaens d." On the page opposite the titlepage a reference to: "Arnoldus Montanus, 't Leven en Bedrijf der Prinsen van Oranje, pag. 396" followed by a citation concerning a publication entitled "Waeg-schale", published as a fierce statement against Ambassador Dudley Carleton and banned by law. The present work - "Wederlegginge van de weegschaal (...)" - sets out to contradict the harsh words published in "Waeg-schale". This Dutch note is followed by a note in Latin starting with some biographical information about the author of this book. Then there is another note: "Joh. Hildebrandi Withofii, anno MDCCXIV [1714] (...)". Johann Hildebrand Withof (1694-1769) was professor of eloquence and history in Duisburg. He became famous for his history of the city of Duisburg. As a member of the Res Publica Litteraria, he was one of the last Latin poets.l Johan Casimir Junius (1582-1624).