78/2414 Gastronomy Recipe book

- Contents partly soiled. Binding worn/ dam.

= Apart from the recipes (21p.), the volume contains 4 other sections: 1. (13)p. with a diary written in German, dated between 1748-1778 (mainly on births and deaths of family members); 2. (1)p. with a similar Dutch manuscript, dated between 1802-1820; 3. (17)p. with pharmaceutical recipes written in German and Dutch; 4. (5)p. with miscellaneous entries written in German and Dutch.

78/2415 Gelderland Small archive of 26 documents mostly concerning the inheritance of Weijntje Gijsberts Castelijn widow of Dirk van Os

- One document sl. dam.

= Contains i.a. the assessment of inheritance tax payable by Weijntje upon her husband's death (1750); several estate inventory lists (3x, 1750-1765); Weijntje's will (1756); documents pertaining to the commissioning and payment of executors Jan Tukker and Dirk Kemp (3x, 1764) and various payment receipts and quittances.

78/2416 Gelderland Heerde Archive of ±90 documents concerning J P van Apeldoorn director of soap factory De Klok in Heerde

78/2416 Gelderland Heerde Archive of ±90 documents concerning J P van Apeldoorn director of soap factory De Klok in Heerde

= Containing i.a. a confidential report of a meeting between soap industry representatives on the subject of minimum wage (1941), documents pertaining to the German occupation (9x, 1942-1945) and appointments to various national and regional administrative functions and industrial committees (22x, 1930-1953).

78 2417 Genealogy and heraldry Baron van Heerdt and Clignett families

78 2417 Genealogy and heraldry Baron van Heerdt and Clignett families

= Archive centered around Marie Henriette Amelie Clignett (1809-1876) and Carel Lodewijk Baron Van Heerdt and their respective ancestors and offspring. I.a. "Generaale Geslagtleijst van de famillie van Clignett" (pen and ink, 32 lvs. (recto only), contemp. boards); a contemporary photographic portrait of Marie Henriette Amelie Clignette, manuscript family trees, (botanical) drawings by family members and views.

78 2418 Genealogy and heraldry Emtinck family

= The Emtinck family has its roots in Antwerp. After the fall of Antwerp (1585), family members relocated to the Northern Netherlands.

78/2419 Genealogy and heraldry Genealogie van de familie van Harinck

- (Contemp.) ink smudge on first leaf; a few sm. scattered stamps. Spine splitting.

= The Harinck family was a family of merchants and regents from Goes.

78 2421 Genealogy and heraldry Von Goetzen family

= Correspondence and notarial acts concerning the legacy of a member of the noble family Von Goetzen from Silezia and Moravia. Contains several pieces (including the document on vellum) from the court of Frederik II the Great (signed by his secretaries).

78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent

78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent

78 2423 Geodesy Schoenmaeckers J 18th cent

- Contents occas. sl. dustsoiled. Vellum soiled; foot of spine sl. chipped.

= Each part starts at a cover. "Kunst de landmeeters" shows a description of how to measure angles and other elements of geometrical figures, supported by technical drawings in the same hand. The 2nd part provides recipes to cure horses from i.a. worms, cancer, other tumors or "Eksteroogen".

78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758

78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758

78 2424 Germany Augustus Wilhelm prince of Prussia 1722 1758

- Most wax seals broken from clumsy opening.

= August Wilhelm von Preussen was a general major in the Prussian army, a brother of Frederick the Great and was his official heir until his death. Letters to Alexander Sweder von Spaen, a personal friend of him and his brother. In most of the letters he thanks him for sending "harangs" (herring) and "huitres" (oysters) (the herrings that he receives are always better than the ones he obtain in Germany). One letter, dated 24 August 1757, has a black mourning border (his mother Sophia Dorothea of Hanover had died a month earlier). The letter dated 2nd January 1743 is a New year's wish but also a thank you note for convincing a deserter from his cavalry regiment to return to his station.

78 2425 Germany Frederick II the Great King of Prussia 1712 1786

- One letter portion torn off and reattached.

= Interesting collection of letters addressed to Alexander Sweder von Spaen, heer van Ringenberg, Haminkeln en Hardenstein (1703-1768), a confidant of the young Frederick who allegedly took part in the latter's failed attempt to escape to England together with his (as his generally assumed) lover Hans Hermann von Katte in 1730 (the so called Katte affair). The 4 earliest letters in this collection are short notes by an adolescent Frederick and carry a rather secretive tone, i.a. "Mon cher Span, je vous prie de faire apeler le granadié quno[?] des [?] et de lui dire de venir à 6 heure aupres du trou[?] et de m'entendre. Prenez garde que personne ne le remarque" and (in a letter dated "Berlin ce 21 Mai 1730) "Mon cher Span, je vous prie de dire au petit Keiser[?] si il ne pouvait point venir inconito [sic] lundi au soir à Berlin (...) et m'atendre jusqu'a 11 heure de 9 jusqu'a 11 heure [sic] et que je lui parlerez [sic] la, mais que sur tout il tiene silence (...)". It is tempting (but undoubtedly tricky) to identify "petit Keiser" as Von Katte who was imprisoned and executed (with Frederick being forced to watch from his cell window) on 6 November 1730.

The later letters are of a friendly, though more formal character and are mostly written by a secretary, sometimes with an addendum by Frederick himself. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.

78 2428 Germany Karl August Friedrich prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 1704 1763

= Commander of the Dutch forces in the War of Austrian Succession. Giving him permission to accompany baron Reinhard van Reede-Ginkel ("Ghinckel") on a voyage to Berlin.

78 2429 Germany Van Spaen family

= Letters to i.a. Jacob van Spaen (died in 1654) and Alexander van/von Spaen (1619-1692). The latter was i.a. page to Frederik Hendrik, prince of Orange and later became a military officer. The oldest letter is a letter of condolence by AMALIA VAN SOLMS ("Amelie d'Orange" (1602-1675)) to Jacob van Spaen on the death of his wife. Also includes 3 letters by Johann Georg II, Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau (1627-1693) to the same; 3 manuscript letters (dated 1737-1743) by Wilhelm VIII von Hessen-Kassel (1688-1760) to Alexander Sweder van Spaen (1703-1768); 2 letters by Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1712-1775) to the same; 4 letters by Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1721-1792) to the same; 3 letters by Ludwig Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1710-1759) to the same; letter by Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715-1787); a letter dated 1763, by an unknown author (signature erased) on Albertine-Elisabeth Pater (warden of Van Spaen), who divorced her husband in 1763 and moved to Paris, where eventually she became a mistress of king Louis XV and a spy; letter of condolence to Elisabeth Agnes Jacoba van Nassau-La Lecq (1724-1798), widow of Alexander Sweder van Spaen, by Charles N.A. Comte d'Oultremont (1716-1771).

78 2430 Germany Large lot of several hunderd manuscript documents

= Interesting collection concerning properties, inheritances, appointments, personal correspondence etc., all written in or concerning 19th century Germany.

78 2432 Great Britain Charles III b 1948

= Thanking Mr. Burrell for his letter and his time as solicitor to "myself and the Duchy". "Although your successor begins with the fundamental disadventage of having been to the wrong university, I am sure he will live up to your recommendations!".