Rarities of These Lands
Swan, Claudia![Rarities of These Lands](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/346/34643076/CHSBZCOP0334643076.jpg)
The early years of the seventeenth century saw a great flourishing of Dutch culture. In the arts, this was the era of Vermeer and Rembrandt, as well as the development of a local art market. Commerce extended around the world, with state-sponsored trading companies importing foreign goods. Politically, the Netherlands became the first nation-state in Europe, in 1648. In this book, Claudia Swan considers all these aspects together, examining th...