81 2444 Music Verhey Emmy b 1949 
81 2445 Music Verhulst Johannes 1816 1891 
= Verhulst autographs are rare.
81 2446 Music Vermeulen Matthijs 1888 1967 
81 2446 Music Vermeulen Matthijs 1888 1967 
= Sending a portrait photograph (see below). "(...) ich hatte gerade noch ein einziges Bild. (...) Selten hab ik einen Wunsch so gerne befriedigt, denn ich denke noch mit der grössten Satisfaction an den Anteil des Orchesters am Gelingen meiner VI. Symfonie, welche Ihnen und Ihren Kollegen zweifellos viel Anstrengung gekostet hat (...)".
WITH: Idem. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH by an anonymous photographer, 23x18,2 cm. - AND WITH: Idem. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED "Matthijs Vermeulen", dated Laren (N.H.)/ Holland/ 22 jun 1960", blue ballpoint, 1 leaflet, recto only.
= "Den noblen Künstlern des Hamburger Orchesters in dankbarem Andenken an die Erstaufführung meiner VI. Symfonie am 34. Weltmusikfest der I.G.N.M. in Köln."
Flothuis, Marius (1914-2001). "Allegro impetuoso". AUTOGRAPH MUSIC QUOTATION SIGNED "Marius Flothuis", undated, pen and ink, 3 bars, on 1 card, recto only, w. the orig. autogr. addressed envelope.
= Quote from "Strijkkwartet, op.44 (1951-52)".
Idem. TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED and AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, both "Marius Flothuis", to "Zeer geachte Heer [P.H.] Berger", dated resp. "22 mei 1977" and "19 juni 1977", the autogr. letter in pen and ink, each 1 leaf, w. printed letterhead "Prof. Dr. Marius Flothuis/ Amsterdam (...)", w. one orig. autogr. addressed envelope.
= Both concerning performances by the Naardens Kamerorkest, the typescript letter listing works by Dutch composers that could be performed, the autograph letter reflecting on the performance by amateur companies. "(...) Met uw opmerkingen over de relatie uitvoerende amateurs-componisten ben ik het wel eens en ik kan er tot mijn voldoening aan toevoegen dat bij het opdrachten beleid (...) wel degelijk rekening wordt gehouden met de verlangens van amateurgezelschappen. Maat dat wil niet zeggen dat de componisten altijd rekening houden met de wensen & de vermogens van amateurs (...)".
ADDED: a catalogue of works by FLOR PEETERS, publ. by Edition Peters (1973), with autogr. signed dedication on frontwr., dated "Mechelen, 35-VIII-78".
81 2447 Netherlands AUTOGRAPH ACT OF COLLATION to IJsbrand van Dam jr from grand pensionary P van Bleiswijk 
81 2447 Netherlands AUTOGRAPH ACT OF COLLATION to IJsbrand van Dam jr from grand pensionary P van Bleiswijk 
81 2448 Netherlands Borgstede E den 18th/ 19th cent 
81 2448 Netherlands Borgstede E den 18th/ 19th cent 
- Slightly frayed; lacks sm. portion of blank margin.
= This letter was sent as military field post to the Austrian Netherlands in the calm winter of 1793-1794, during the era of the French Revolutionary Wars. Den Borgstede states that they are waiting for "de binnenkomst der in Engeland liggende Paquet Boot de Maria Louisa die de 26e Maij van Batavia vertrokken is" and that he is hoping for the war to come to an end. On October 21, 1795, the Maria Louisa was captured by the English at the Cape of Good Hope.
81 2449 Netherlands Brocailles J F 18th cent 
81 2449 Netherlands Brocailles J F 18th cent 
- Lacks tiny portion of blank margin; nevertheless fine.
= In April 1746, a start was made on making the land post connection of smaller Zeeland cities, including Goes, with cities in Brabant. This letter is one of the first letters sent via this connection. In this letter Mr. Brocailes explains what is happening in the army, from victories to artillery practices.
81 2450 Netherlands Hoff J van 19th cent 
81 2450 Netherlands Hoff J van 19th cent 
- Lacks sm. portion of blank margin; folds.
= In this field post letter Van Hoff declares the vacant position he leaves behind after his appointment as field priest, has given him an unpleasant feeling. He was under the impression that he would be consulted about filling the position, but instead he learns that his advice was ignored. He complains about this and tries to exert influence through this letter.
81 2451 Netherlands Hohenlohe Langenburg Philip zu 1550 1616 
= Count Philipp zu Hohenlohe, Commander of the army of the States-General, who destroyed Helmond and plundered the Meierij in 1587 and forced Eindhoven to surrender. In 1595 he married Marie, the only daughter of William of Orange and Anna of Saksen. Here writing to a cousin on the partition of the inheritance between him and his brother. He names the places "Hirmer Perg" (Hirmer Berg) and "Prürüff" [?]. A manuscript transcription is included in the lot.
81 2452 Netherlands Jacob 19th cent 
81 2452 Netherlands Jacob 19th cent 
- One sm. hole in centre; trifle frayed.
= In this field post letter a Dutch soldier reports on events during the last days of the Ten Days' Campaign and immediately afterwards, from 10 to 14 August.
81 2453 Netherlands Nolthenius de Man A W H 1793 1842 
- Ticket on frontcover worn, otherwise fine.
= Rich collection, containing signatures by i.a. "Jacob van Egmont" ("Heer van Keenenberg", 1545-1618), "CL v Wassenaar" ("Baron van Wassenaar", 1685-1751), "J Wittens" (burgomaster of Dordrecht, 1548-1622), "P Olijcan" (burgomaster of Haarlem, 1572-1658), Willem van der Lely (burgomaster of Delft, 1698-1772), Willem Paets (burgomaster of Leiden, 1596-1669), Aemilius Cool (burgomaster of Gouda, 1618-1668) and Johan van Berckel (burgomaster of Rotterdam, 1593-1678). Similar signatures are included for i.a. following cities: Gorinchem, Goes, Schiedam, Schoonhoven, Brielle and Groningen. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
81/2454 Netherlands Resolutien Boek van den Raad van Staat Oorlogs Staat van 1648 Staet van Oorloge vander Jare XVI acht en Vijftigs 
- Both vols. upper hinge weak/ broken. Vol. 1 lacks ties. Vol. 2 vellum stained. Otherwise very fine copies.
= Ad 1.: fol. 35: "Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijchsboeck so te peert als te voet, ende andere lasten vander Oorloge". The "Staet en Repartitie" is what today would be called "Budget of the Ministry of War". Separately for each province (Gelderland, Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen, Overijssel and Drenthe) it lists all officers of the army with their names, the number of soldiers they command, the "doctoren ende chirurgijns", the chaplains, and all other military officials, the pensioners, widows and orphans. And all these with their pay and allowances. Also, the other war expenses for i.a. maintenance of fortifications, etc. Generally such budgets were very matter-of-fact, confined to enumerations and additions. The one offered here, presented to the government in the year of the Peace of Westphalia that finished the Eighty Years' War, has a very interesting introduction. It explains the duties of the government after the conclusion of peace: to provide the state with a strong army to maintain the peace, liquidation of war-debts, to look after the relatives of soldiers, etc. There is a long passage devoted to the West Indian Company, containing an urgent appeal to the government for military and financial assistance to the Company, and to its Brasilian enterprise. Two years later Brazil was lost by the Dutch. A very nice contemporary copy from the library of Wolff van Haersolte, with his owner's entry on first free endpaper (a representative of the "Ridderschap van Veluwe" in the Privy Council, 1648-1658). Ad 2. "Staet ende Repartitie" for the year 1658 for Gelderland, Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Overijssel, Groningen ("Stadt en Landen") and Drenthe, listing i.a. "Cannonniers", "Appoinctez oude impotente ende vermincte soldaten", "Logijsgelden", "Losrenten", "Lijffpensioenen", "Officieren vande munte", "Ministers en Schoolmrs.", "Doctoren en t'gasthuijs tot Sluijs" and "Alderhande voorvallende saeken en kosten dagelijcx vallende inde Magasijnen tot Coevorden".
SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
81/2455 Netherlands Resolutien ende Instructien gemaeckt ende genomen bijde Ed Gro mo Heeren Staten van Hollandt ende Westvrieslandt / heeren Staten Generael 
81/2455 Netherlands Resolutien ende Instructien gemaeckt ende genomen bijde Ed Gro mo Heeren Staten van Hollandt ende Westvrieslandt / heeren Staten Generael 
81/2455 Netherlands Resolutien ende Instructien gemaeckt ende genomen bijde Ed Gro mo Heeren Staten van Hollandt ende Westvrieslandt / heeren Staten Generael 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ stained. Upper joint split; covers w. a few scratches/ dam. spots.
Collection of transcripts, late 17th cent., pen and ink on paper, recto and verso, 184[=149] (2x blank) lvs., contemp. hvellum, folio.
- Lacks 35 lvs.
= I.a. copies/ extracts of resolutions by the States of Zeeland, regulations for assigning various offices, the continuation of the charter for the VOC, instructions for various types of civil servants ("Secretarissen", "Advocaet fiscael", "Controlleurs"), the 1433 privilege of Middelburg and the "ordonnantie vande harincktonnen".
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
81/2456 Netherlands Staet ende Repartitie van de betalingen van het Crijchsvolck ende andere lasten vander Oorloge soo die jegenwoordigh betaelt worden Staet ende Repartitie van het Crijch
- Both vols. final lvs. loose(ning) and mouldstained in upper inner corner. Bindings sl. soiled.
= Ad 1. Army expenses for the years 1595, 1597-1599 and 1603-1605 for Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen and Ommelanden, Gelderland, Overijssel, Drenthe, Lingen, Buren, Culemborg and Flanders, listing i.a. "Ruijteren", "Voetknechten", "Commissarissen vande Monsteringe", "Capiteijnen geappointeert buijten de Compagnies", "Sergeant Majors", "Chirurgijns", "Wachtmeesters", "Officiers vande Justitie", "Minister ende Doctor", "Artillerije ende Vivres", "Ingenieurs" and "Andere Oncosten vander Oorloge". Ad 2. The same for the years 1609, 1610, 1613, 1617 and 1621 for Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen and Ommelanden, Gelderland, Overijssel, Drenthe and Brabant, listing i.a. "Canonniers", "Wacht ende Quartiermeesters" and "Tractementen". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
81 2457 Netherlands Witt Johan de 1625 1672 
- Cut in leaf affecting "h" of "Johan"; partly sl. browned; w. facsimile signature tipped onto mount and later annot. in pen in lower corner mount.
= Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
81 2458 Netherlands Large collection of ±105 SIGNATURES by Dutch politicians mostly 20th century 
81 2458 Netherlands Large collection of ±105 SIGNATURES by Dutch politicians mostly 20th century 
81 2458 Netherlands Large collection of ±105 SIGNATURES by Dutch politicians mostly 20th century 
81 2458 Netherlands Large collection of ±105 SIGNATURES by Dutch politicians mostly 20th century 
= Important collection of Dutch politicians, i.a. by J.R. THORBECKE (1798-1872), autograph fold. manuscript doctor's degree. Signed by J.R. Thorbecke as "Minister van Binnenlandsche Zaken"; H. COLIJN (1869-1944), autograph signed letter to "Geachte heer Kieft", fold. leaf; W. DREES (1886-1988), autograph signed card, recto only, w. orig. envelope; J.C. TERLOUW (b.1931), autograph signed dedication card, recto only; A. PECHTOLD (b.1965), autograph signed dedication card, recto only; F. BOLKESTEIN (b.1933), signature on a type-script card, recto only; W. KOK (1938-2018), autograph signed type-script letter and signature on an orig. photograph; E. BORST-EILERS (1932-2014), signature on verso of an orig. photograph, recto only; A. MELKERT (b.1956), signature on an orig. photograph; J.P. BALKENENDE (b.1956), signature on an orig. photograph and W.K.N. SCHMELZER (1921-2008), autograph signed dedication on card, recto only.
81/2459 Noord Holland MANUSCRIPT will certificate for the possessions of Margaretha Agatha van Poll 
81/2459 Noord Holland MANUSCRIPT will certificate for the possessions of Margaretha Agatha van Poll 
81/2459 Noord Holland MANUSCRIPT will certificate for the possessions of Margaretha Agatha van Poll 
81/2459 Noord Holland MANUSCRIPT will certificate for the possessions of Margaretha Agatha van Poll 
- Fine.
= Agatha van Poll (1704-1777) was the widow of Jan Trip (1702-1772), the director of the West India Company.
AND 3 others concerning the Trip and the Van de Poll family, with i.a. a letterpress "Contract van Overleeving" for Harmen Hendrick van der Poll and Jacoba Bregetta van der Poll (1768, 8p.) and a letterpress and manuscript proof of attendance at the baptism of "Sara Maria", the daughter of Jacobus van der Poll and Cornelia Jacoba Wolters (1748, 1 leaf, recto only).
81 2460 Occasional poetry Ter zilveren Bruilofte van mijnen zeer veel ge agten ouders Den Heere Cornelis Noordhoorn en Mejufvrouw Adriana Sibilla Temminck 
81 2460 Occasional poetry Ter zilveren Bruilofte van mijnen zeer veel ge agten ouders Den Heere Cornelis Noordhoorn en Mejufvrouw Adriana Sibilla Temminck 
- One leaf part of blank margin cut off; a few foxed spots.
= Noordhoorn and Temminck were members of the Amsterdam nobility, they were once portrayed by Cornelis Troost.
AND 1 other: Huwelykszangen voor den Heere Jan van Eik en Jongkvrouwe Leonora de Vogel (Amst., 1729, (56)p., orig. wr., a.e.g., 4to).
81/2461 Oriental manuscript Leaf from a Persian ? Quran 
- Blank margins sl. yellowed/ parlty waterst. and w. a few repaired sections; a few sm. foxed spots.
= A delicately calligraphed and illuminated leaf.
81/2462 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
81/2462 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
81/2462 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
81/2462 Oriental manuscripts Ethiopian prayerbook 
- Final few lvs. (w. miniatures) wrinkled; occas. sl. smudged; a few lvs. w. small holes.
81/2463 Oriental manuscripts Leaf from a Persian? Quran 
81/2463 Oriental manuscripts Leaf from a Persian? Quran 
- Margins frayed, soiled and spotted; sl. affecting the text.
= A delicately calligraphed and illuminated leaf prob. w. verses from Al-Baqarah and Ali 'Imran.