79 2176 Netherlands Heermale Floris van ? ±1608 
= Floris van Heermale was the treasurer of the bishop of Utrecht and representative of the states of Utrecht in the States General and one of the signatories of the Union of Brussels and one of the main supporters of William the Silent in the states of Utrecht. He writes about a letter he has received from Oldenbarnevelt on the 3rd (?) of May and comments about the situation in Friesland and Nijmegen (Nijmegen was besieged by prince Maurits). He mentions that the 'Uwe edele' must know more, "want wij hier zeer weinich daervan hooren". He further mentions the strengthening of i.a. the troops of ritmeester Edmondt, carabines and lancers. He suggest that the payment of that strengthening should go through the states of Holland, rather than Brabant.
79 2177 Netherlands Leoninus Elbertius 1519 1598 
79 2177 Netherlands Leoninus Elbertius 1519 1598 
- Letter unread. = Leoninus was a jurist and professor in Leuven, who became the chancellor of Gelderland.
79/2178 Netherlands Treaty of Plessis les Tours 
79/2178 Netherlands Treaty of Plessis les Tours 
- Lvs. frayed; waterstains in lower margin.
= Probably an official copy made after the original signed agreement, between the Duke of Anjou and the Dutch United Provinces in which he accepts the official reign. It was signed by all Provinces, except Holland and Zeeland in 1580 and ratified in 1581. François, duke of Anjou (1555-1584), son of king Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, was asked by William the Silent to become the hereditary souvereign of the Netherlands after the United Provinces had left the Habsburg rule of Philips II. After the French Fury in Antwerp failed in 1583, his troops were massacred and he withdrew from the Low Countries and died the next year from malaria. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.
79/2180 Netherlands Lot of ±40 manuscript poems documents etc 
= I.a. "Overpeinzing op de tegenwoordigen tydt" (2 copies in 2 different hands); "Zoo lang den Brit, hier in ons land, zal vullen s' Hertogs Beurs en Hand (...)"; "'K heb nooit een vorst gewildt voor neerlands vreyen staat (...) 'K wil des veel minder nog een koning uit 't gemeen En stem voor 't staatsontwerp en Schimmelpenninck neen" (adaptation of the poem by P. Boddaert); "Hercules of de Geklopte Patriotten" (after W.J.F. Nuyens); "Testament de la Republique Batave" and "Grand bal Masqué National sur la place de la Revolution le jour de l'inauguration de l'arbre de la liberté a Amsterdam" (description of a masqued ball, with i.a. "Citoyen Kraayenhoff déguisé moitiée en Medecin moitiés en guerrier (...)".).
79/2181 Oriental manuscripts Batak manuscript 
- Browned and worn; partly splitting on folds; occas. ink partly faded.
79/2182 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
79/2182 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
79/2182 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
79/2182 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
79/2182 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
- Sl. fingersoiled and stained.
= The miniatures depicting i.a. Saint George slaying the dragon, Mary with the infant Christ and an Ethiopian emperor(?).
79/2183 Oriental manuscripts Koran 
79/2183 Oriental manuscripts Koran 
79/2183 Oriental manuscripts Koran 
- Lacks the first sura and beginning of the second sura; bookblock broken and contents partly loose; occas. sl. offsetting of decoration on opposite pages.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
79/2184 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript 
79/2184 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript 
79/2184 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript 
- Silk sl. worn along extremities; a few faint waterstained spots in blank corner/ margin.
= Attractive miniatures. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
79/2185 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript 
79/2185 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript 
- Blank margins partly w. (closed) tears. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXII.
79 2186 Oriental manuscripts Lot of 7 oriental/ religious manuscripts 
79 2186 Oriental manuscripts Lot of 7 oriental/ religious manuscripts 
79/2187 Overijssel Two account books of lands mortgages and annuities 
79/2187 Overijssel Two account books of lands mortgages and annuities 
79/2187 Overijssel Two account books of lands mortgages and annuities 
- Vol. 1 bookblock loose; most lvs. waterst./ soiled in margins; loosely inserted lvs. sl. frayed/ creased. Both bindings soiled/ stained; lack ties.
= Interleaved copy w. several (smaller) lvs. loosely inserted; both vols. include 2 indices: "Register der Landerijen" and "Register van los- ende lijfrenten". Comprises various documents related to (farm)lands and goods in the Dutch province Overijssel, esp. lease and annuity costs. Contents e.g. (vol. 1, f.1) "Memorie van landerijen ende goederen onder de Gelder gehorende opgestelt den 27sten december 1696" and (vol. 2, f.6) "Gerrit Maeten en sien heusvrou Gessin van Warven hebben op paessen 1722 weer ingeheurt onse wint- en rosmoele met den ankleve van dien voor teit van drie iaer geevinde tot een voormeede 75 gulden en alle iaer 375 gulden vreijgelt en vreijmaelen van mijn eigen kooren (...)". Vol. 2 contains a loosely inserted charter (signed "Wijbrant Koiman") w. attached wax seal in wooden cover.
79 2188 Sports McEnroe J b 1959 
= With certificate of authenticity.
79/2189 Terborg Archive concerning the construction of the mansion Mathilde and its first inhabitants 
= The mansion "Mathilde" with its characteristic round façade is located at the intersection of the Stationsweg and Doetinchemseweg in Terborg, Gelderland. It was constructed by the architect C. van 't Hullenaar for his daughter Mathilde who was married to doctor J.F.C. Borggreve.
79 2190 Theatre Kan W 1911 1983 
= Nice letters on appointments and arrangement for the peformance of a show in Paris, i.a. on the fee, on personnel, hotel reservations, visiting a Paris cabaret and on transport. "(...) De familie Schole hoopt 30 Nov. per auto te arriveren! Pam Henning, Corry Vonk en ik ook 30 Nove. per trein om ±18.00 Gare du Nord. Als u ons komt halen is dat prettig. Als het niet kan zien we dat wel. Als Cor Lemaire meer op 1 Dec. even van diezelfde trein gehaald kan worden, want anders is ie zo alleen in dat grote Parijs. U herkent hem direct: de man die er het slechtste uitzien is Cor Lemaire!" [10/11/1951].
AND 2 autogr. letters signed by FIE CARELSEN to Mr Thal Larsen, 2 Jan. and 21 Sept. 1951, pen and ink, each 1 leaf recto and verso (on arrangements for a perfomance abroad of "Fie Carelsen telefoneert").
79 2191 Turkey Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha 1815 1871 
- Folded several times, with some slight wear on folds.
= Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha (also spelled as Mehmed Emin Aali), was an important statesman, involved in many of the major decisions between 1845 and 1871. He also had a decisive influence on the plans concerning the development of the Turkish railroad infrastructure. The present document apparently relates to the planning of railway routes in the European part of the Ottoman empire (important for the unification of the rapidly weakening Ottoman empire) and gives an (unidentified) Austrian(?) engineer the task to advise the Ottoman rulers on the best route for the railway line and also orders the Ottoman bureaucracy to support him whenever he requests support.
79/2192 Voorburg Huis Vreeburg Voorburg 
= Mostly notarial deeds concerning the country house Vreeburg near Voorburg. The stately home was eventually sold to a mr. Hendrik Abraham Bollard in 1826. The artist Johannes Huibert Prins (1757-1806) drew a section of this house dated around the same time as these documents in his sketchbook (now in Rijksmuseum, BI-1891-3134-2).
79/2193 World War I Small archive 
= Contains letters by a mr. W.P. Waterson from London (4x) and his son Fred Waterson (2x), a 2nd army lieutenant, who was killed in action in 1917, aged 21. All letters addressed to mr. A. Rozenbroek in Amsterdam, a friend of the family. Fred, who had knowledge of the Dutch language, i.a. writes from France, where he is stationed (29 August 1916): "(...) Ik ben nog niet naar de loopgraven geweest, maar verwacht voor Kerstmis daar al te zijn. Het nieuws van daag is bijzonder goed en ik denk dat de oorlog bij aanstaande lente af geloopen zal zijn, tenminste ik hoop het wel." From W.P. Waterson (1 September 1917): "My dear Sir, It is with infinite sorrow I have to tell you that our dear son Fred was killed in action on 31st July last (...). I shall always remember the kindness that our boy received at the hands of all the people in Holland (...)". Small but touching collection of personal documents.
79 2194 Abraham van St Clara = J U Megerle 
79 2194 Abraham van St Clara = J U Megerle 
- First frontisp. strengthened along inner margin on recto; hinges broken but holding on cords; bookblock shaken.
= Scheepers II, 1078; not in Waller, Muller, De Vries.
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
79 2195 Africa Dapper O 
- Owner's stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. browned as usual (affecting a few maps and plates), nevertheless contents fine. Binding fine apart from some worn spots along margins and sl. split upper joint.
= The second revised and best edition (first 1668). Tiele 298; Gay 219; Mendelssohn II, p.119. The first large general description of the African continent. The work is based on the early accounts of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers, the English works by Purchass and Jarrick, the journals and descriptions of Dutch navigators like Van Noort, Van Neck, Linschoten, Spilbergen, but especially on unpublished reports and eye-witness accounts of Dutch merchants, visitors and soldiers. Very detailed on the West Coast, where the Dutch ivory-, gold- and slave-trade flourished and on Angola (Luanda was captured by a WIC fleet in 1647). On the settlement on the Cape only a cursory note is found, while the surrounding tribes are described in remarkable detail. The second part, devoted to the African islands, from Malta to Madagascar, includes an ample account of the French colonization of the latter. The work is famous for its splendid detailed maps and plates, i.a. engraved after drawings by Reinier Noomsz (Zeeman). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.