[PASSPORT].
Alder-doorluchtichste, ... heeren ... die dese opene letteren sullen sien ... doen wy burgermeesteren .. der stadt Amsterdam te weten, dat schipper Jurriaen Gerritsz. van Amsterdam ... dat het schip genaemt de Helena ...
Amsterdam, 7 November 1710. Small 1mo (41 x 30.5 cm). Letterpress passport, with a large woodcut initial and spaces where the city, skipper, ship and size are filled in, with two seals, signed in the left margin by François Fagel (1659-1746) and at the foot by J. Aley(?).
€ 675
Letterpress passport issued by the city of Amsterdam for Jurriaen Gerritsz., skipper of the Helena, asking the reader to receive the bearer well and justly and to give him passage on all main waterways.
In very good condition, two tiny holes in the fold.
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