78 2381 Alba amicorum Album amicorum of ? 
78 2381 Alba amicorum Album amicorum of ? 
78 2381 Alba amicorum Album amicorum of ? 
78 2381 Alba amicorum Album amicorum of ? 
- All references to names/ signatures are cut off.
78/2382 Alba amicorum Album amicorum of G H VAN ZADELHOFF 
= Some names: N. Lindeman, A.E. Bergoin, M.E. Dop, H.J.G. Nengerman, N.C. Bluggel and C.J. Schaares.
AND 4 "poesie" albums (1893-1960, num. contributions w. num. col. lithogr. scraps).
78/2383 Alba amicorum Seven drawings from an unidentified album amicorum 
78/2383 Alba amicorum Seven drawings from an unidentified album amicorum 
= Some names and places: P.J. Schacks (Well aan de Maas), Georgius Nauta (Leeuwarden), Herman Heuveldop (Emsdetten), Antoinette Tilenius (Stadtlohn), Clara Edelbrock (Billerbeck), H. Merveille (Roermond), N.L.G. de Negri ("Etudiant zu Roermond") and L. Raupp (Bergeyk).
AND 1 other album amicorum for GERTRUDE DE KLEIN (containing 4 embroidered and 8 manuscript contributions, dated 1851-1853, in gilt blue hmor. box, a.e.g., in (stained) pink slipcase).
78/2384 Amersfoort Lot of 5 mortgage bonds 
= All concerning the former loan Bloemendal (or Bloemendael), located just north of the centre of Amersfoort.
78 2385 Amsterdam and surroundings Bijl Houthandel van der Archive 
78 2385 Amsterdam and surroundings Bijl Houthandel van der Archive 
78 2385 Amsterdam and surroundings Bijl Houthandel van der Archive 
78 2385 Amsterdam and surroundings Bijl Houthandel van der Archive 
= The oldest woodsaw windmill in the world De Otter was built in 1631 in commission of the Houtzaagmolen Compagnie and was originally part of group of 12 woodsaw mills on the Kostverloren vaart in Amsterdam. Windmill De Otter was bought by Gerrit van der Bijl in 1817. He later also bought the mills De Valk, De Kool en Het Luipaard (all 3 demolished at the end of the 19th century). The company that Gerrit van der Bijl started, was situated on the Kostverlorenvaart and the Gillis van Ledenberchstraat in Amsterdam. The firm continued as a family business until 1980 when it merged with the Houthandel Ambagtsheer & Van der Meulen, situated on the Gevelweg (houthaven) in Amsterdam. These companies were in turn acquired by the wholesale wood and building material company Jongeneel from Utrecht in 2007.
Very interesting large archive from economical point of view as well as from the perspective of local history in relation to 19th and 20th century Amsterdam entrepeneurship, business history and Dutch windmill industry. It consists mostly of the financial administration, i.a. (international) bills (with attractive letterheads), reminders, I.O.U.'s, financial claims, insurance policies etc. Also some personal bills of the family Van der Bijl. Including ledgers with the administration of the woodsaw activities: "Zaagloon Boek van de Molen de Kool" (1860-1903), "Zaagloon Boek van de Molen de Valk" (1860-1896) and "Zaagloon Boek van de Molen de Otter" (1860-1885). The windmill and the surrounding buildings were re-acquired in 2019 by the G.T. van der Bijl company.
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
78/2386 Amsterdam and surroundings Café Theo Ruiter 
- Several lvs. restored.
= Interesting and rich album containing numerous autographs, drawings, small anecdotes and/ or poems by the guests of the "bohémien" Amsterdam café "Theo Ruiter", previously located at the Rozengracht. Theo Ruiter (1911-1965) bought the café in 1939 and it became a safe haven for many people (of all layers of society) during the war. After the war it became a meeting point for the established and upcoming cultural talent of the "higher" and "lower" cultural classes. Frequently it served as a location for exhibitions by painters, caricaturists and cartoonists. For example, the television debut of Boudewijn Büch was at this café. A curious detail is that when the customers weren't able to pay the bill, Theo asked them to sign the guestbook. Sadly Theo passed away in 1965. His son Karel de Ruiter continued his legacy in the same manner until 1987. To name a few contributors: Willy Boers, Han Hollander (The Netherlands' first sports reporter; his signature on verso of a tipped-in lottery-ticket), Ulla Jacobsson, Jacques Gans, Bob Fernhout, Frans Mahn (world champion cycle racing in 1956), Ed van der Elsken (his signature among the guests of an exposition of female photographers, 1958; also signed by i.a. Yrrah), Igor Cornelissen, drawings by i.a. Eppo Doeve, Bob Buys, Wim Boost, Guus Boissevain ("Gub"), Frank Lodeizen (a portrait of Gerard den Brabander and a signed invitation to one of his exhibitions), Henk Albers, Yrrah and C.N. Tas ("Catrinus"). A continuation of the album sold in our rooms in May 2019.
Carvalho, K. (1916-1972). Four drawings, all pen and ink on paper, 1x watercolour, various sizes, w. (extensive) manuscript text, mainly for "Theo [Ruiter] en Loeki", all signed.
78 2387 Amsterdam and surroundings Lokhorst and Smit families 
78 2387 Amsterdam and surroundings Lokhorst and Smit families 
- Almost all folded; occas. sl. soiled.
= Mainly Amsterdam and mainly concerning Gerrit Smit and members of the Lokhorst family: i.a. "Willem Frederik Lokhorst" (conscription document dated Amst., 1888); "Gerret Smit" (manuscript extract from the records of the Protestant Church of Antwerp, dated Amst., 1850); a passport for "Gerrit Martinus Cornelis Smit marchand, natif d'Amsterdam et demeurant à Baarn" for entry into Germany (The Hague, 1914, with mounted photograph of mr Smit); a (dam.) death certificate of "David Benning, 1e Machinist op het Stoomschip Ulyses" (with manuscript annot. in pen and ink reading: "Velzen, aangespoeld 4 febr./ begr. Wijk a/Zee 5 febr./ begr. Oosterbegr.pl. 10 febr. lett. D n.24") and a "Bewijs van Inschrijving" of "Johannes Philippus Benning, Grietje Stellemaker, Echtelieden, (...) op de inname van kinderen in het Burger-Weeshuis (...) Amsterdam, den 3 Aug. 1842" (letterpress document on vellum, filled-out in manuscript).
78/2388 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 9 manuscript documents 
78/2388 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 9 manuscript documents 
= I.a. regarding the partition of estates of Annetje Hillebrants, widow of Joannes Ambrosius (1674); Johanna de Geer, widow of arms dealer and merchant Hendrick Trip, and their son Jacob (2x, 1695) and Alexander van Harencarspel, lord of Beverwijk (1806). Other names: Grietje Tas, Jan Matthijsz Spriet, Huijbert Kuijper, Catharina Elisabeth Kesman, Martinus Schroot en Belina van de Water.
78/2389 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 11 manuscript documents concerning een winkelhuis en erf op de Utrechtsche straat tusschen de Heeren en Keizersgrachten 
= Documents pertaining to the current location Utrechtsestraat 19, i.a. (copies/ extracts of) the will of Hendrik Albersz. Lehman and Anna Margaretha Tielemans (1768); an estate inventory (1829) and other documents pertaining to the public sale of the premises (6x, 1829-1830). Other owners mentioned: Marten Leeman and Bartha Maria Anna Pijselman.
78/2390 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 11 manuscript documents concerning a huis en erve staande en leggende op de Heeregragt oostzijde bij de Korsjessteeg 
- Wax seals dam.
= Documents pertaining to the current location Herengracht 83, i.a. an extract of the will of Abel Boningh and Judithje Visser (1745) and 2 requests made by owner Johannes van der Laan to the Amst. aldermen for inspection of his neighbour's outhouse "waar van de vuiligheid door de muur van des supp[liant]s perceel heenkomt en een onlijdelijke stank in des supp[liant]s huijs (...) veroorsaakt" (1783 and 1808). Other owners mentioned: Theodorus Romijn, Ida Elisabeth and Adriana Bolthenius, Albert Booning and Hendrik Jacobus Hermans. Some w. letterpress text.
78/2391 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 11 manuscript documents 
= Mostly wills. Some names: Martin Gregory and Elisabeth Stolp, Johannes Fredrik Wolff and Sara van Stabroek, Hendrik van der Voort junior and Angeneta Hoenderop, Alexander Davids and Magdalena de Leu.
ADDED: small archive of 13 documents of the De Munnik family, pen and ink on paper, dated 1882-1902, various sizes.
78/2392 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 14 manuscript documents 
= I.a. a funeral invitation extended to goldsmith Johannes te Water (1692), another to the funeral of silk-lacemaker Frans Jansz. van Heulen (1697), and certificates of citizenship ("Poorter Eed") for merchant Hendrik Smit, baker Rijnier van Goor and shoemaker Cornelis Smolders (1739-1805). Some w. letterpress text.
78/2393 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 16 manuscript documents mostly deeds of transport/ mortgage 
- One document lvs. dam. in lower margin; one document w. owner's stamp.
= I.a. concerning the sale of 6 houses on the "Molen-padt bij de schermschool" to Jan Brouwer (1676); 3 houses "in de Leijdeckers steegh aen de Fluwele Burgwal" to Maria Lenards van Nes (1687) and Catharina and Elisabeth Basseliers (1725); a house "op de Kijsersgracht (..) tusschen d'Utrechtsestraat en de Reguliersgracht" to Johan Verhul (1712) and a house "op de binnenkant van het Nieuwe Waals IJland" to Spinhuis regent Hendrick de Neijs (1774). Other property mentioned: houses on the "Angeliersgracht", Prinsengracht, Govert Flinckstraat and Jan Steenstraat. Some w. letterpress text.
78/2394 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 24 manuscript documents concerning a huijs en erve staende en leggende op de Oude Zijts Aghterburghwal naest het hoekhuijs van de Koestraet 
- Four wax seals dam.
= Includes (copies/ extracts of) four deeds of transport (1701-1872), a bond, wills, and documents pertaining to public sales, inheritance tax assessment, estate partition and a rental agreement. Owners mentioned: master carpenter Steven (van) Pijckeren, Hendrik Jurriaensz. and Anna Huijberts van Loon, Isaac Wittenburgh, Cornelia Wittenburgh and Hendrik Groskamp, Christina Wijva Groskamp and Johannes Stephanus Kleinpenning, Naatje de Boer and Levie Samuel Saphier, Friedrich Wilhelm Tobias Hunger and Grietje Steijnvoort, Pieter Willem Schreuder and Jesaja Simon Bruske. Some w. letterpress text.
78/2395 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of 36 manuscript documents concerning i a a smids slotenmakers winkelhuijs en erve staande en gelegen in de Amstelstraat 
- Wax seals partly dam.
= I.a. the will of Hendrik Hinke and Geesje Dijkmans (1737), as well as several (copies/ extracts of) deeds of transport, quittances, mortgage inscriptions, rental agreements and documents pertaining to estate partition. Some names mentioned: Elias Ipsen, Pieter Joannes Nieuwenhuijse, Cornelis Kleinpenning, Johannes Stephanus Kleinpenning, Christina Wijva Groskamp, Louis Jan Jacob Serrurier, Naatje de Boer, Hendrik Johannes Freeriks, Elisabeth van Glansbeek, Gerrit Dirk van der Straten and Christina Jozijna Heinsius. Some w. letterpress text.
78/2396 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of ±90 manuscript documents mostly concerning de Bonte Mantel 
78/2396 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of ±90 manuscript documents mostly concerning de Bonte Mantel 
78/2396 Amsterdam and surroundings Lot of ±90 manuscript documents mostly concerning de Bonte Mantel 
= Documents pertaining to the premises Herengracht 270, i.a. (copies/ extracts of) inheritance tax assessments, wills, deeds of transport, private or public sale, correspondance and quittances. Owners mentioned: Jacob Alewijn Ghijzen and Debora Blaaupot, Elisabeth Jacoba Ghijzen, Jan van Vollenhove junior, Maria Feitama, Petronella Hendrica Scheidius, Simon van der Wal, Isaac Ernst de Petersen, Willem Douwe van 't Vlie, Willemina Blom, Theodorus Sanders junior, Elisabeth Maria Weymar, Pieter Anthonij de Ligny, Constant Alexander Alexis Wübbe, Jan Hendrik Andersen Spin and de Associatie Cassa. Some w. letterpress text.
78 2397 Art Album containing ±140 lithogr / col woodcut/ offset wishing/ announcement cards and small drawings 
78 2397 Art Album containing ±140 lithogr / col woodcut/ offset wishing/ announcement cards and small drawings 
78 2397 Art Album containing ±140 lithogr / col woodcut/ offset wishing/ announcement cards and small drawings 
- Covers of album sl. worn.
= Contains i.a. D. VAN LUYN, (View of a mill) (etching, signed and numb. in pencil and with autograph New Year's wish for 1955 in ballpoint); J. BIERUMA OOSTING (3x), i.a. (Flower and bee) (col. woodcut, w. autograph New Year's wish for 1955 signed in pencil) and (Blue cockerell) (col. etching and aquatint, dated "1958" in the plate and signed in black crayon); J. PICHETTE (3x), i.a. (Abstract drawing) (gouache, w. autograph New Year's wish for 1955, signed in pen and ink) and (Abstract drawing) (gouache, 21x27 cm., w. autograph New Year's wish for 1956, signed in felt-tip pen); K. MAKS (2x): (Ballet dancer) (drawing, pencil, monogrammed "M.K." in lower right corner, w. New Year's wish for 1958 in pen and blue ink on verso, signed "Cécile en Kees Maks") and (Ballet dancer) (drawing, pen and dark blue ink, monogrammed "K.M." in lower left corner, w. autograph New Year's wish for 1955 on opposit leaf, signed "Cécile en Kees Maks"); E. l'HOËST, (Abstract drawing) (gouache, mounted, signed in pen below image on mount) and JANICOTTE (4 signed autograph/ letterpress wishing cards). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
78 2398 Art Bone D Muirhead 1876 1953 
= On having sent 3 drawings of scenes in Brighton to Clifford Musgrave, director of the Royal Pavilion, for possible inclusion in the collection of the Royal Pavilion. Thanking Musgrave in a subsequent letter for having chosen "Whitsunday Brighton". In the letter of July 28 1950, Bone writes that he is "working hard - very hard - at my elaborate drawings of Oxford for my wife's forthcoming book. ["Came to Oxford"]. The final letter is on arranging to meet each other for coffee in Musgrave's house and writing that he is "very glad that Brighton has got hold of the railway picture".
WITH: G. BONE, Came to Oxford (Oxford, 1952, num. (col.) plates and ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to. Dustwr. sl. frayed; backwr. sl. duststained).
78 2399 Art Ensor J 1860 1949 
- One of the lvs. split on fold.; both lvs. w. horizontal middle-fold.
= Interesting and important letter in which Ensor complains that he has not been mentioned in Mauclair's The French Impressionists (1860-1900) (1903). Ensor writes at large about his search in modernising art, i.a. listing the exhibitions of his works, explaining the modern aspects of the work, and complaining about his isolation and the lack of interest in his work. "J'ai lu votre livre si interessant "the French impressionists" etude bien approfondie, des principaux novateurs de la lumière: peintres, dessinateurs, aquafortistes français et etrangeres où tous les chercheurs sont cités. Hélas! mon chere Mauclair, je n'ai pas trouvé mon nom parmi en novateurs. Pourquoi cet ostracisme? Parce que j'ai précédé et non suive le mouvement? (...) Isolé à Ostende sans connaître alors l'école impressioniste, j'ai devancé les recherches modernes et influencé durant plusieurs années nos peintres belges aujourd'hui très arrivés (...). Ah! si vous avez vu mes oeuvres et surtout "Le chou" peint en 1880 exposé dernierement à la Libre esthétique. Les Monet de 1880 son noirs et opaques et les Van Gogh n'existerent pas alors. (...) Les critiques parisiens n'ont pas signalé mes oeuvres. Oui, ma place n'indiqueant parmi les premiers chercheurs de lumière dans votre livre si complet. Vous ecrivez bien à propos "Ensor n'a nullement la réputation qu'il mérite", c'est ca un effet de l'ingnorance de certain critique et de l''absurde besoin de coller une etiquette au dos des artistes (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
78 2400 Art Stols A A M 1900 1973 
= On leaf with the letterhead of the periodical Halcyon. Stols congratulates Hofstra with his new accomodation and announces the publication of Halcyon no.2, with an article by Hofstra on the work by graphic artist Pam Rueter. He asks if Hofstra can write an article on the work by Th. Mauve for Halcyon 3/4, which he would like to publish before the end of the year.
Idem. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Sander" to "Beste J.W. [Hofstra]", dated "18-1-41", pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only.
= Asking Hofstra to send prints of clichés to M.J. Schretlen for the illustrations to Schretlen's article in Halcyon no.5. And congratulating Hofstra on the intended publication of his novel (prob. his debut De vrienden van mijn vrienden, The Hague, 1941).