81 2404 Exploration Dozy Jean Jacques 1908 2004 
= J.J. Dozy, a Dutch geologist was part of the 1936 Carstenz expedition in New Guinea. One of the letters is a written account of the exploration by J.J. Dozy: "Er bestond slechts een maandelijkse bootverbinding met Makassar op Celebes. Zodoende was men twee maanden afwezig van de werkplek. Binnen die tyd moest de expeditie slagen, of niet (...) Daarbij ontdekte ik niet alleen een groot kopererts voorkomen, de Ertsberg, op rond 3800m, maar ook een groot verertst lichaam; waarvan de Grasberg op rond 4200m de culminatie was.".
Julien, P.F.J.A. (1901-2001). AUTOGRAPH TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED and two AUTOGRAPH TYPESCRIPT CORRESPONDENCE CARDS SIGNED "Paul/ P.F.J.A. Julien", to "Zeer geachte heer Vlug", dated "1 Juli 1991" and "Wassenaar 8 November 1994", (1); (1); (1)p., 1x w. letterhead "Dr. P.F.J.A. Julien. Voorzitter Em. van het Nederlands Genootschap voor Anthropologie", 2x w. orig. addressed envelope.
= Paul Julien, Dutch anthropologist known for his expeditions to remote civilisations in Africa and Asia. "Mijn werk in Afrika (en zuid-Azie, Pacific, zuid-Amerika) betrof hoofdzakelijk physisch-anthropologische kenmerken van geisoleerde groepen (...). Later heb ik ook gewerkt op het boeiende terrein der traditionele godsdiensten, vooral bij Pygmeeën. Nog kort geleden, in 1987 hebben mijn vrouw en ik een beknopt onderzoek uitgevoerd onder de Semang van Noord-Maleisië (grensgebied met Thailand). Deze Semang worden doorgaans ook tot de pygmeeën gerekend, al is er nauwelijks verband met de Afrikaanse dwergvolken".
AND 2 other signatures by Dutch Arctic explorers: L. Hacqueford and R. Naar.
81/2405 France Album containing mostly coats of arms of French municipalities 
81/2405 France Album containing mostly coats of arms of French municipalities 
81/2405 France Album containing mostly coats of arms of French municipalities 
- Fine, delicate drawings.
81/2406 France Deed of sale 
81/2406 France Deed of sale 
- Vellum dam. in lower left corner, affecting text.
= Concerning the sale of goods in the county of Comminges in the vicinity of Sueix (Soueich), Couret and Riucage (Rieucazé). Some names: Nicolas, Jean and Jeane Latrilhe, Petri Loupin, Jacques Abadie, Pierre Labadens and notaire royal Thomas Dufour.
AND 1 other document in French language concerning i.a. a marriage license (dated 1765).
81 2407 France Foy Maximilien Sébastien 1775 1825 
81 2407 France Foy Maximilien Sébastien 1775 1825 
81 2407 France Foy Maximilien Sébastien 1775 1825 
81 2407 France Foy Maximilien Sébastien 1775 1825 
= General Maximilien-Sébastien Foy, important general, fought against the English in the Dardanelles and distinguished himself in the Spanish and Portuguese campaigns. He saved his life in Portugal by raising both his arms, when a Portuguese crowd wanted to lynch him, thinking that he was the detested General de Loison [the addressee of this letter], who was nicknamed "Maneto" because he had lost one arm. Letter giving details about moving lights seen near "Ovelha"[?].
AND 3 other AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by Napoleonic officers: "J. Bernelle" (not dated. Commander in the Légion étrangère and involved in the Spanish campaign); "Maillot" (dated "1824". Maillot was a French engineer who was the leading technical officer of the Napoleonic escadron that sailed to Egypt) and "H.M. Dibbets" (dated "1813". Dutch marine captain in French employment who deserted with his entire ship and sailors in 1813. Letter in which he offers his services to the Provisional Government).
81 2408 France Louis Joseph Duc de Bourbon Prince de Condé 1736 1818 
81 2408 France Louis Joseph Duc de Bourbon Prince de Condé 1736 1818 
81/2409 France Reglement et cérémonial des soeurs de l'hopital general de Lyon 
= Contains i.a. the following chapters: "De l'obeissance"; "De l'humilité, et de la modestie"; "De la retraite, de la mort, et de la sepulture des soeurs"; "Du regime de vivre que l'on doit observer envers les pauvres malades" and "Du devoir de la Cuisinière".
AND a similar manuscript book of regulations: "Regles de Regence [Jesuit monogram:] IHS".
81 2410 Gastronomy Prins Tymen 18th cent a o 
81 2410 Gastronomy Prins Tymen 18th cent a o 
81 2410 Gastronomy Prins Tymen 18th cent a o 
81 2410 Gastronomy Prins Tymen 18th cent a o 
- Backstrip heavily worn.
= The first 162p. are written by "Tymen Prins" who identifies himself on the first page: "Afgeschreeven Uit het Keuken Boek van Freúle Henrietta Anna Christina van Nyvenheim. Door my Tymen Prins 1788". From p.163 on the manuscript is continued in a different hand, dating the recipes from 1791 to 1792. The cookery book is continued on the unnumbered leaves in several different early 19th cent. hands. It contains many recipes for meat and vegetable dishes and desserts, but also including medicinal recipes for some home-made remedies.
81/2411 Gelderland Reces des Lantdaegs in Januario en vervolgens in Aprili Decemb 1712 binnen Arnhem extra ordinarie gehouden 
81/2411 Gelderland Reces des Lantdaegs in Januario en vervolgens in Aprili Decemb 1712 binnen Arnhem extra ordinarie gehouden 
81/2411 Gelderland Reces des Lantdaegs in Januario en vervolgens in Aprili Decemb 1712 binnen Arnhem extra ordinarie gehouden 
= Reports of the meetings held in 1712 by the States of the duchy of Gelderland, incl. chapters/ paragraphs on the quarters of Nijmegen, Zutphen and the Veluwe.
81/2412 Genealogy and heraldry The Famars and the Soreau family 
81/2412 Genealogy and heraldry The Famars and the Soreau family 
- Slighly frayed; sl. foxed and dustoiled in left part.
= Related familes are i.a. Roëll, Blankenhagen, Testas and Brand Abbema. Boths lines start with the 17th century Jacob de Famars/ Isaac Soreau and end with Louise Constantin de Famars and runs through the family Testas.
AND: a handcol. engraving showing 9 equal sections incorporating coats of arms of Barons and Counts of the Dutch Swedish De Geer family (25,5x21 cm., marginal tears restored, remargined).
81/2413 Genealogy and heraldry 8 Kwartieren van Mr Pieter Rendorp 
81/2413 Genealogy and heraldry 8 Kwartieren van Mr Pieter Rendorp 
81/2413 Genealogy and heraldry 8 Kwartieren van Mr Pieter Rendorp 
= Provides a family tree with 9 short manuscript biographies on members of the Rendorp family from late 17th to early 19th cent.
Klinkdichten, ter verkiezinge en intrede van den welëdeln grootachtbaren heere, den heere Mr. Pieter Rendorp. Amst., A. Waldorp, 1766, 8p., 4to. Polvliet, C.J. genealogie van het geslacht Rendorp. The Hague, Genealogisch en Heraldisch archief, 1891, 28p., col. plate w. coat of arms, orig. wr. - AND 7 miscell. others on other Dutch families.
81 2414 Germany Murle ? C W van 1st half 19th cent 
- Lacks one or more lvs. at the end (text ending abruptly).
= Description of an itinerary through i.a. Coevorden, Emmelenkamp (Emlichheim), Nijenhuis (Neuenhaus), Bentheim, Munster, Altenberg, Warendorf and Beelen.
81/2415 Goethe J W von Het lijden des jongen Werthers 
- From the library of D. Giltay Veth, with his etched bookplate on upper pastedown. Upper joint splitting.
= Provenance: from the library of Boudewijn Büch. Attractive manuscript. "Alles wat ik van de geschiedenis des armen Werthers heb kunnen vinden, heb ik met vlijt bijeen verzamelt, en leg het u bij deze voor, en weet dat gij er mij voor danken zult. Gij kunt aan zijnen geest en aan aan zijn character uwe bewondering en liefde en aan zijn lot uwe tranen niet ontzeggen. En gij, goede ziel, die dezelfde drift gevoelt als hij, schep troost uit zijn lijden, en laat dit boekje uw vriend zijn wanneer gij door toeval of door uw eigene schuld geen naderen vinden kunt." (introd.).
81/2416 Graduals Leaf from a liturgical manuscript 
- Yellowed and creased; black/ brown ink on verso sl. faded; lower corner lacks portion.
81/2417 Graduals Lot of 6 large vellum folia 
81/2417 Graduals Lot of 6 large vellum folia 
- Partly (water)dam. or with cut-out sections.
AND 1 other similar (in black, red and green ink) on paper.
81 2418 Great Britain Cornwallis William 1772 1843 
81 2418 Great Britain Cornwallis William 1772 1843 
81 2418 Great Britain Cornwallis William 1772 1843 
81 2418 Great Britain Cornwallis William 1772 1843 
- Lacks sm. portion of paper w. loss of a few letters; tear on fold.
= By the time Cornwallis wrote this letter he was Admiral of the British navy. He writes this letter on HMS the Royal Sovereign and tells his mother he hopes his father Charles will recover soon from an illness. He offers to help his parents out financially since the army "has given me 6 months pay".
ADDED: 2 miscell. envelopes with, i.a. crowned Royal Agriculture Society of England stamp and red wax seal attached (to "John Moore" in Warwick, 1846).
81/2419 Great Britain Deed of transport concerning property in Beeston England 
- Cut out from a larger leaf.
= Deed drawn up "in curia domine Regine apud Westm(onasterium) in crastino sancte Trinitatis Anno regnorum Anne dei gratia Anglie Scocie ffrancie et Hibernie Regine fidei defenssoris etc." (in the court of the Lady Queen at Westminster on the morrow of the Holy Trinity in the year of the reign of Anne, by the grace of God Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc.) by which property of William(?) is transported to William(?) "in Downe Beaston" for the payment of "centum et viginti libras sterlingorum" (120 pounds sterling).
81/2420 Groningen Deed of transport concerning property gelegen te Zuidbroek in Uiterburen 
- Lacks seals.
= Deed, signed by church officials J.C. Appelius, N. Amsingh and H. Aapkens, by which E. Elzo Harberts Bruggers and wife E. Eelberen Pieters, and E. Harm Berends and wife Hillegien Berends accept the rest of the "beklemming van plus minus tien deimatten land gelegen te Zuidbroek in Uiterburen" and the property is transported to Richter Harmen Amsingh, to whom an annual payment must be made of "summa veertig Car(olus)gulden".
81 2421 House of Orange Albertine Agnes von Nassau Dietz 1642 1696 
= Albertine Agnes von Nassau-Dietz, fifth daughter of stadtholder Frederik Hendrik and Amalia van Solms, married Willem Frederik von Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664). Mentioning "Herr Vetter". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
81 2422 House of Orange Nassau Odijk Willem Adriaan van 1632 1705 
81 2422 House of Orange Nassau Odijk Willem Adriaan van 1632 1705 
- Trifle frayed; w. a few cuts/ foxed spots.
= Important document, in which Willem Adriaan van Nassau-Odijk explains why his forces have captured Marshal de Boufflers and refuse to relinquish him. After the fall of Dixmuiden and Deynse, the French had taken prisoner the Dutch troops and had refused to exchange them, contrary to the treaties established for this purpose in 1690 and 1693. Willem van Nassau regards the French general as ransom to exchange for his troops, but also according to some historians, as a means of forcing the French to start the negotiations, which would eventually result in the Peace of Rijswijk.
81 2423 House of Orange Nassau Ouwerkerk Willem Maurits van 1679 1753 
81 2423 House of Orange Nassau Ouwerkerk Willem Maurits van 1679 1753 
= Interesting letter by Willem Maurits van Nassau, who led the Dutch troops in 1745 in the battle against the Pretender (battle of Culloden). In this letter he asks for financial compensation for the services rendered by his troops in the campaign of 1744 to the Queen of Hungary, Archduchess Maria Theresa.