82 2964 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.
82 2965 Netherlands Holtrop W 1751 1835 
82 2965 Netherlands Holtrop W 1751 1835 
= Willem Holtrop, a Dutch publisher and police commissioner for the city of Amsterdam from 1806 until ?. The letters are mainly adressed to him in this capacity or as mason. Written by L.H. Ameshoff (1781-1842); W. Broes (1766-1853); A.Ph. van der Capellen (1745-1755); G.G. Clifford (1779-1847); D.W. Elias (1758-1828), mayor of Amsterdam; J. Teissèdre L'Ange (1771-1853); E.C. Bondt (1771-1850); M.L. van Hangest Genlis, Baron d'Yvoy van Mijdrecht (1753-1831) (masonic letters); C.J.G. Copes van Hasselt (1777-1860) (masonic letters); C.A.F. Rasse, Prince De Gavre (1759-1832) (masonic letter); C.J. Wenckenbach (1765-1850).
82 2966 Netherlands Loon G van 1683 1758 
82 2966 Netherlands Loon G van 1683 1758 
= Gerard van Loon was a Dutch lawyer, historian, but most of all known for this numismatic collection and his still relevant standard work on Dutch coins and medallions. Written by C. Beudeker (1675-1756), thanking him for van Loon's translation of the Chronicle by Klaas Kolijn; the mayor and amateur historian J.M. van Hemert (1692-1753), two letters (1748 and 174) in which he asks Van Loon for more historical information; J.B. de Surmont van Vlooswijck (1688-1745), notifying Van Loon on the demise of Van Vlooswijck's wife and thanking him for sending van Loon's book Beschryving der aloude regeeringwyze van Holland.
- Probably a deed of transport. Names mentioned: Jeronimus Janrys(?), Passchier van Heede and notary Van Straeten.
82 2968 Netherlands Sonoy D 1529 1597 
82 2968 Netherlands Sonoy D 1529 1597 
- Stamp on recto ("Familie-archief (Pont) [erased]"); transcript tipped onto verso.
AND 2 others, i.a. a MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED, dated "Delft den IXen November 1574", signed by notary "Wermboldus Nerdeng" for William of Orange, on sending more troops to the "noorder quartier".
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
82/2969 Netherlands Verzameling van origineele Naamteekeningen van verschillende Personen die alle leden van Gekommitteerde Raden zijn geweest of de daarnaaste vermelde bedieningen hebben bekleed 
- Ticket on frontcover worn, otherwise fine.
= Rich collection compiled by A.W.H. Nolthenius de Man (1793-1842), 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. the following cities: Gorinchem, Goes, Schiedam, Schoonhoven, Brielle and Groningen. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
82 2970 Netherlands Vijver C van der 1784 1855 
= Cornelis van der Vijver, a Dutch author and historian writing mainly about the history of Amsterdam. His most famous work is Wandelingen in en om Amsterdam. The letters were written by W. Holtrop (1751-1835) (on the death of his youngest child); J. Koning (1770-1832) (4 letters thanking for sending texts and a book); mayor of Amsterdam F. van de Poll (1780-1853) (3 letters thanking him and commenting on his historical texts on Amsterdam); S.P. Lipman (1802-1872) (2 letters, thanking him and asking for a meeting); J.C. Rijk (1787-1854) (a letter by fellow mason thanking him for sending the masonic almanac) ; G.W. Verweij Mejan (1797-1850) (fellow mason, 3 letters thanking him for sending publications); J. van Wijk Roelandszoon (1781-1847) (3 letters asking him for information and texts).
ADDED: a letter of condolence by singer Catharina Brouwer, married to Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop, to unknown recipients.
82/2971 Netherlands Lot of ±40 miscellaneous manuscript documents 
82/2971 Netherlands Lot of ±40 miscellaneous manuscript documents 
= I.a. signed documents and letters by Damas van Slingelandt (schout van Dubbeldam) confirming Samuel Lydius as reverend in Dubbeldam (1646), ambassador to Napels Johannes Egidius van Egmond van den Nijenburg (mentioning earth quakes in the area), 3 letters by Pieter Frans Pont (all dated 1751, mentioning the demise of stadholder prince William IV), Bruno van der Dussen (1660-1741, pensionaris van Gouda), G. Groen van Prinsterer (1801-1878), W.F. Baron Roëll (1767-1835), lieutenant general Andreas Johan Hendrik van der Plaat (1761-1819). AND a surety bond of the V.O.C., dated 1667.
82/2972 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript leaf 
82/2972 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript leaf 
82/2972 Oriental manuscripts Persian manuscript leaf 
- Mounted under passepartout; w. a few smudged/ soiled spots in textblock (corrections?).
= Cf. Harvard Art Museum "1958.183 Verses on the Behavior of Sufis", a similar folio from a manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa'di.
ADDED: 1 other Persian manuscript leaf, 17-18th(?) cent., 11,5x5,5 cm. (text only), calligraphy in pen and black ink, w. gold and col. gouache borders, on recto and verso, w. col. gouache calligraphic ornament in textblock on recto, text surrounded by sprinkled goldleaf (mounted under passepartout, num. tiny wormholes).
82/2973 Oriental manuscripts Surat al mulk makkiya 
- First half of the manuscript sl. waterstained in upper inner margin. Binding sl. waterstained.
= Occas. interleaved .
AND 1 other 20th cent. Persian manuscript, text unread (contents loosening and sl. wormholed throughout).
82/2974 Oriental manuscripts Lot of 5 manuscripts 
= Two Batak manuscripts (w. drawings in red ink, both bound as leporello between 2 thick wooden covers); Ethiopian manuscript scroll (vellum leaf, in leather cover); Tibetan manuscript leaf (written on both sides in white ink on black ground) and Persian manuscript leaf (written on both sides; margins cut sl. short/ restored w. paper).
82/2975 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Prayers and invocations from the Qur'an and Sunna for protection and wellbeing 
82/2975 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Prayers and invocations from the Qur'an and Sunna for protection and wellbeing 
- Wormholed in blank margins. Frontcover and first free endpaper loose.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
82/2976 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2976 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2976 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2976 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
- Contents partly loosening. Backstrip sl. worn and hinges weakening. Otherwise fine.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
82/2977 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2977 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2977 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
- A few leaves loose(ning); hinges weakening. = Attractive small qur'an. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII.
82/2978 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
82/2978 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Qur'an 
- First leaf backed; a number of leaves (incl. the illuminated leaves) split on gold frame, occas. w. loss of paper; four leaves sticking together (w. sl. dam.); 1 leaf some holes in blank margins; first few leaves waterst.; occas. sl. stained/ thumbed; several leaves loose(ning); bookblock split. New endpapers; inside of flap strengthened with cloth. Sold w.a.f.
82/2979 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Leaf from a Persian Qur'an 
82/2979 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Leaf from a Persian Qur'an 
82/2979 Oriental manuscripts Qur'an Leaf from a Persian Qur'an 
- Blank margins sl. yellowed/ partly waterst. and w. a few repaired sections; a few sm. foxed spots.
= A delicately calligraphed and illuminated leaf.
AND a similar manuscript leaf, 19th cent. (calligraphy in pen and black ink on recto and verso, w. sm. painted gold ornaments to separate the verses, w. a gold border around text, 1x gold banner in the text w. floral decoration in white, blue and green and a medallion in margin. Margins frayed, soiled and spotted; sl. affecting the text. Prob. verses from Al-Baqarah and Ali 'Imran).
82/2980 Palestine Contract of Lease 
82/2981 Rotterdam and surroundings Generaele Meij keuren s'landts van Swindrecht 
- Occas. sl. (finger)soiled/ foxed.
= Regulations concerning (water board) Zwijndrecht in 3 parts, determined in 1659, 1663-1666 and 1676 (with corrections in text in a different hand).
82 2982 Sneek Firma A Veen 
= The Firma A. Veen was founded in 1816 in Sneek by Antonie Veen (1792-1872), who ran a shop in colonial goods and expanded his business activities in becoming a tobacco cutter, coffee roaster and owner of a chocolate factory. Comprises a ledger (May 1816-1819) and three so-called Memoriaalboeken (recording mostly cash sales and purchases; May 1816-September 1829), with transactions concerning i.a. "Capitaal", "Cassa", "Huis", "Huishouding", "Meubelen", "Onkosten", "Obligatie", "Intressen", "Tabak" and "Winkelwaaren" and customers/ suppliers from i.a. Sneek, Garijp, Makkum, Leeuwarden, Franeker, Harlingen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Blaricum, Purmerend, Gouda, Groningen and Zwolle.
82/2983 Spain Collection of 24 autograph/ manuscript letters signed 
82/2983 Spain Collection of 24 autograph/ manuscript letters signed 
82/2983 Spain Collection of 24 autograph/ manuscript letters signed 
= I.a. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by "El marq. de Viluma" (1761-1830), ambassador at Paris; Ramón Gil de la Cuadra (1775-1860), politician; Gen. Federico Roncali (1800-1857), military man and Prime Minister of Spain in 1852-1853; Ramon de Meer (1787-1869), Captain General of Catalonia (1843-1845) and President of the Supreme Council of War; Domingo Dulce (1808-1869), Spanish general who saved Queen Isabel when Diego de Leon tried to abduct her in 1841; TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS (1x only a part of the letter) by Diego de Leon (1807-1841), military man who earned the title of 1st Count of Belascoáin when he captured Belascoáin from the Carlists in 1838 during the first Carlist war (he was later executed for his role in the 1841 revolt led by him and O'Donnell against Baldomero Espartero); an AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by Leopoldo O'Donnell (1809-1867), Spanish general (who as Captain General of Cuba was responsible for the violent repression of the perceived revolt of the Afro-Cuban slaves in 1844, the massacre during "The Year of the Lash"), and later prime-minister of Spain; a slip of paper with the SIGNATURE of Espartero (1793-1879) "El Duque de la Victoria"; a short AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by Bertran de Lis (1772-1857), Spanish banker and politician; an autograph letter signed by Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781-1836), the most important guerrillero of the Peninsular War (1808-1814).
ADDED: 6 other unrelated (autograph/ manuscript signed) letters by i.a. CONTE LUIGI CARLO GIUSEPPE MARIA CONTE DELL' AQUILA (signed "Luigi") and KING FERDINAND II King of Naples (signed "Ferdinando").