1748 - 1874 MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS
- Title-p. doubled, creased and w. closed wormholes; some scattered minor wormholing; occas. fingersoiling in lower outer corner. Lacks clasps and catches (leather restored at spaces where clasps and catches were previously attached); lacks brass corner pieces; spine-ends restored.
= Provenance: apart from the scribe's name on the title-p., a contemp. manuscript owner's entry on the blank leaf preceding the calendar reads: "dit bouck hoort toe [...? (wormhole)] Cornelisz koster". Neither of these two men has been traced by us. A fine specimen of a 16th cent. manuscript manual with two very interesting contemp. manuscript pages at the end (possibly the orig. endpaper), containing practical instructions in pen and black and red ink on how to read the music notation, headed: "Disce manū tantū Si vis bene discere [cantum]". This is a quotation of part of a sentence from the medieval music theorist Hugo von Reutlingen's poem about the Cantus Gregorianus Flores cantus Gregoriani, which freely translates as "Teach the hand well if you wish to learn [singing]", a reference to the "Guidonian hand" which was a mnemonic device in the form of the hand that was used to assist singers in learning to sight-sing. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
- Page numbering jumps from p.31 (recto) to p.40 (verso of p.31); several leaves loose(ning); partly sl. frayed; occas. sl. soiled in margins. Binding soiled and dam.
= Interesting and rich manuscript, containing parts of well-known compositions by the established composers of the time (Corelli, Händel, Humphrey and Vivaldi) as well as popular English and Scottish songs. The lyrics of the songs have occasionally been added to the songs. The first two loosely inserted leaves contain a list of part of the contents (stopping at p.125) and a leaf with the text to "The Blind Lover". The list of contents shows that the (absent) first leaf should have contained the music of "a Hornpipe & Dumbarton Boat Bery". Some titles: "A Perlude by Dr. Pepusch"; "Bill Williams delight"; "(Gavot) in the 6th of Stanley"; "The Duke of Ancasters Minuet"; "Hartford Assembly"; "the amor barmo aire by Mr Handel in Xexes [Xerxes?]"; "Sloggs Hornpipe"; "Mis Etheringtons minuet"; "Dear Cloe: Sung by W. Lowe at Vauxhall"; "The Distressed Shepherdess"; "Cloes Resolves by Doctor Green"; "Much a do about Nothing"; "Handels Watter peice"; "Concerto by Sigr. Hasse"; "A New Song in Honour of the King of Prussia"; "Allegro in Solo 12th. Sagio Adams Berckinstock"; "Minuet by Mr. Lully"; "Lady Milbank's Minuet"; "Contentment set by Mr Abiel Wichelle"; "Is there a Charm"; "Captain Death"; "Tweed Side"; "Advice to Silvia"; "The New Birks of Endermay"; "Brownhills favorite"; "Ld Exeter Minuet"; "Meeting in the Morning"; "Mis Gunning"; "Air by Mr Jospeh Smyth"'; "Minuet by Mr Humphreys"; "Stellia and Flavia"; "Myra by Mr. Howard"; "A New Song Sung at Rannelagh"; "Concerto ye 5th of Vivaldi"; "Killie Crankie"; "Lord Bartley's Minuet"; "Dance in Romio"; "Bedfords March"; "Desaubrys Minuet"; "The Advice"; "Chesunt a Him"; "Bettsey Thoughtles"; "A trip to Sligo"; "Comus's Court set to musick by Mr Atfield"; "A Song Called the Green Meadow"; "The Bonny Broom" and "A Himn to Ohio".
= "met hartelijken dank voor de buitengewoon vriendelijke ontvangst en de mooie krans [signed]". H.M. van Haersma de With (1884-?), Dutch diplomat, i.a. minister plenipotentiary in Berlin.
- Binding sl. worn/dam. along extremities; top of spine strengthened w. tape. Contents fine.
= Hoboken XXII Nr. 13, dating the first edition of this mass to 1801. Judging by the paper and the manuscript an early manuscript copy. No watermark in the manuscript leaves; both free endpapers have a watermark of a crowned French lily with letter "VG" below. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
- Backstrips sl. worn.
= Mainly ownership deeds, deeds of transport and wills. I.a. "G. Raden reglement opt reduceren van capitalen. 20e September 1662"; "Copie van twee Apostillen (...). Sij dese gesonden aen d'hoochschouten van sHertogenbossche, om den Raedt te dienen van schriftelijck bericht ende advis, Actum den 29 Julij 1645", "Notulen van de Staaten Generael. Den 1e Maart 1730" and "Memoire de diverses Relations, Advis, Instrutions [sic], Negotiations, Traités et autres manuscrits".
- Sl. darkened/ soiled; a few sm. holes.
- Thumbed (corners occas. worn/ dam.); first free endpaper w. large tear; one leaf loose. Binding worn/ dam.
= Instrument for predicting the future. Questions ("consultas") are grouped under Sibylles ("Sibila Persica"/ "Libica"/ "Delfica"/ "Chimera" etc.) and further specified under the various Muses ("Clio"/ "Talia"/ "Melpomene" etc.) in the first section, while answers ("respostas"), for men and women separately, are given under Apollo in various localities ("em Patava"/ "Delos"/ "Delfos"/ "Citheron" etc.) in the 2nd section. Includes "Taboada curioza Que por meio dehu[m] Dado Ensina a compor Decimas".
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown ("Josephine du Frieu").
= A jesuit prayerbook judging by the prayer to the saint Francis Xavier.
Meynen, W. "Evangelische Gezangen, omnevens het Boek der Psalmen (...)". Manuscript prayer book, dated 1803-1805, pen and ink on paper, Dutch language, (4),351p., musical scores, a.e.g., contemp. gilt calf.
- Upper joint completely split (holding on endpapers).
AND 1 other manuscript prayerbook, 18th/ 19th century, pen and ink on paper, Dutch language, in contemp. binding.
- Wax seals sl. dam.; occas. w. oblique cuts throughout/ sl. soiled.
= Interesting collection mainly with deeds of transport for property and land around Hillegersberg, Kleinpolder, Rubroek and Spijkenisse. I.a. on Huis de Bogt van Guinee, Bergsche Hoek and Crooswijk.
= Rich collection, containing signatures by i.a. Erasmus of Rotterdam, "Erasmus Rot." (1466-1536, theologian, humanist and philosopher), Willem van Oranje-Nassau, "Willem de Nassau" (1533-1584, founder of the Orange-Nassau branch, also known as William the Silent), Lodewijk van Nassau, "Louis de Nassau" (2x) (1538-1574, secretary of William the Silent), King Charles I, "Charles" (1606-1649, King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649)), King William III, "William R." (1650-1702, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702), Queen Anne, "Anne R." (1635-1714, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1702-1714), Margareta duchess of Parma, "Margarita" (1522-1586, governor of The Netherlands), Willem Frederik van Nassau-Dietz(?), "Wilhelm Friedrich [...] Nassau"[?] (1613-1664, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe), King Friedrich I of Prussia, "Friedrich R" (1657-1713, King of Prussia from 1701-1713), Friedrich II the Great, "Friedrich" (1712-1786, Frederick the Great, King in (and later) King of Prussia between 1740-1772/ 1772-1786), Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany, "Frederick Commander in Chief" (1763-1828, commander-in-chief during the Napoleonic Wars), Henry IV, King of France, "Henry" (1553-1610, King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610), Marie Louise I Duchess of Parma, Empress of the French, "Marie Louise" (1791-1847, second wife of Napoleon; sl. weak signature on vellum), Prince Frederik of The Netherlands, "Frederik" (1797-1881, Inspector General of the Dutch Army), Princess Sophie "Sophie prinses der Nederlanden" (1824-1897, last surviving child of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia), Jan III Sobieski, "Joannes Rex" (1629-1696, King of Poland), Charles IV, King of Spain, "Charles.S" (1748-1819, abdicated as King of Spain in 1808), Jacob Cats, "Jacobus Catzius" and "J. Cats" (2x, 1577-1666, poet), J.C. Ludeman (author), J. Wtenbogaerdt (historian), Hieronymus Nunes de Costa (2x, trader in diamonds, sugar and tobacco), F. Fagel (1740-1733, lawyer and member of the Staten Generaal), D. Ruhnkenius (classicist), Anna Maria van Schurman "AM de Schurman" (painter, engraver, poet and scholar), Willem Bartel van der Kooi (Frisian painter), Petrus Campen (physician), J.C. Boëtius (painter), Hendrik Spilman (painter), Philips Wouwerman, "Wouwerman" (1619-1668, painter), Janus Dousa filius (poet and philologist), Pieter 't Hoen (patriot journalist, poet and politician), H.K. Poot, "H.K. Poot" (1689-1733, poet), Arnold Hoogvliet (poet), Johannes Voet (jurist), Gerard Baron van Wassenaer heer van Alkemade (literary student, 17th cent.), Johan de Witt, "Johan de Witt 1665" (1625-1672, statesman, lynched (and partly eaten) by a mob of dissatisfied citizens in 1672), Onno Zwier van Haren (politician, author and poet), J.J. Vitrarius (professor of law), Hugo Blotius (scholar and first librarian of the Austrian Imperial Library), Hendrik van der Capellen (mayor of Zutphen in 1620), Jean Theodore Royer "Constanter" (1737-1807, art collector and one of the greatest connoisseurs of Chinese art and history of his time), Philips Doubleth (1633-1707, receiver general of the Dutch Republic), Jan Luyken (1649-1712, engraver and poet), Paulus Merula (1558-1707, legal scholar, classicist, historian and librarian), Theodorus Beza (1519-1605, calvinist theologian), Franciscus Junius (1591-1677, collector of ancient manuscripts and editor of classical texts), Walraven IV van Brederode (1596/97-1620, anti Remonstrant, represented the Ridderschap at the Synod of Dordrecht), Johannes Cloppenburgh (1592-1652, Dutch Calvinist theologian) and Jacobus Trigland (1583-1654, reformed theologian, professor at Leyden University).
- Some of the original contents absent (i.a. the Luther signature is lacking).
= Rich album, containing signatures of famous men and women from the world of art, science, theology and humanities, i.a. C. Ploos van Amstel, Marcus Zuerius Boxhornius (author), Charles de Boisot (gouvernor of Vlissingen), Simon van Beaumont (secretary of the Staten van Holland), Louis de Boisot (admiral of Zeeland), Willem van Braam (one of the heroes of the battle of the Doggersbank), J. Buys (artist), Alexander Bentinck (one of the signatories of the Unie van Utrecht), Jan van der Bildt (glazier), Dominicus Baudius (poet and historian), Johannes Le Francq van Berkhey (painter, scientist, physician and poet), Willem Bilderdijk (author), Sir Charles Bagot (English ambassador to the Netherlands), King Charles I (?), Petrus Campen (physician, anatomist), Carolus Clusius (botanist), Philippus Cluverius (geographer), Jacob Cats (author), J. Casaubon (French classicist), Godert van der Capellen (Gouvernor General of the Dutch Indies), Janus Dousa filius (poet), Janus Dousa Nordovix (poet), Floris Comte de Culebourg [= Floris van Pallandt], Petrus Forestus (physician), Johannes Hevelius (German-Polish astronomer), Festus Hommius (theologian and bible translator), P.C. Hooft (author and historian), Nicolaas Heinsius (poet), T. Hemsterhuis (philologist), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (mathematician, philosopher, physicist etc.), J.C. Lavater (physiognomist and poet), Philippus Marnixius Sancto Aldegondius [Marnix van St. Aldegonde] (diplomat, poet, counsillor to William of Orange), Philippus Melanchton (humanist theologian), Paulus Merula (classicist, historian, lawyer and geographher), Martinus van Marum (physicist, scientist, inventor), Amalia d'Orange (Amalia van Solms, wife of Frederik Hendrik of Orange), Elisabeth Post (author and poet), J.A. Bloys van Treslong (marine-officer, who fought in the naval battle of Camperduin), Carel Vosmaer (author), Reinier Vinkeles (artist and engraver), J.E. Voet (poet), J.W. Vrolik (physician), Bonaventura Vulcanus (humanist and lecturer of Greek) and Johan de Witt (statesman). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
= Interesting and large collection of autographs, mostly of Dutch statesmen and other notables, collected by a 19th cent. autograph enthousiast. Some names: Johannes Kinker (1764-1845, poet and philosopher), Anthony Joan de Huybert (1721-1781, secretary of Amsterdam), Herman van den Berg (1558-1611, nobleman and count), Pierre Joseph Pycke (1771-1820, major of Ghent and governor of Antwerpen), Willem Jacob Kloek (1733-1811, major of Alkmaar), Petrus Burmannus (1668-1741, professor at Utrecht university), D.J. Steijn Parvé (1757-1831, statesman) Pieter Ouwens (1720-1786, major of Alkmaar) and Gijsbert Cornelisz Botter (1644-1672, major of Schoonhoven).
- Pages (sl.) foxed.
= Interesting eyewitness description of the funerary procession, the remains of Van Speijk being transported by water in "Lijk Sloep C. Met de Zwarte Vlag in top voorop waarin het Lijk met het Rouwkleed en Vlag omdekt" and by land "Het Lijk, gedragen door Vierentwintig onderofficieren". On leaf 2 verso: "NB. de kanonneerboot No 2 heeft Van Speijk in den Storm van 5 Februa[ri] 1832 in de lugt doen springen, voor Antwerpen".
"Grafschriften"/ "Aan Het Vaderland". Manuscript, ±1800, pen and black ink, 1 fold. leaf, recto and verso, (4)p.
= Three (concept?) epitaph texts and a eulogy on Prince Frederick of Orange-Nassau (1774-1799), who died in Padua while serving as commander of the Austrian army in Italy. His body was eventually transferred to the Netherlands in 1896 and reburied in the Oranje-Nassau family tomb in the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft.
- A few (sl.) defective. = Mostly notarial acts and deeds.
ADDED: 2 others, i.a. a document on attached paper and vellum lvs. concerning property in Oegstgeest (17th cent.).
= Interesting collection concerning properties, inheritances, appointments etc., all written in or concerning the Hague. I.a. ±50 contracts concerning the sale and maintenance of a property on the "Oude Raemstraat" (dating from 1611 to 1883); a 16th century "brieve een jaerlicxe losrente" for a property in the Heulstraat (dated 9 June 1546); five "Extract uijte resolutien van de heeren staten van Hollandt ende Westfrieslant" of events dated between 1621 and 1651 concerning i.a. the acquittal of the state members who were imprisoned in Slot Loevesteijn in 1650 and the estate of the executed Johan van Oldenbarnevelt; a letter by Herbert van Beaumont (secretary and "chartermeester" of the Staten van Holland and Westvrieslant from 1640 onward) in which he discusses the political situation on the continent and recommends to aid the Catalan and Portugese war against Spain by sending a fleet of war in the hopes to end the war between the Republic and Spain.
= Interesting collection concerning properties, inheritances, appointments etc., all written in or concerning The Hague. I.a. 18 contracts concerning the sale and maintenance of a property on the west side of the Denneweg (also mentioning the Van Wassenaar family); a letter dated October 1628 by the "Raden van de Staten" to "den Burgemeesteren ende regeerders der stad Leyden" on the distribution of monetary funds during the Dutch War of Independence; ±25 manuscript documents concerning the sale and maintenance of a property on the east side of the Boeckhorststraat (no.12?) (dated between 1701-1949); a few letters by Mr. Roest van Limburg (Minister of Foreign Affairs) to Mr. D.J. Baron Mackay, chairman of the Hoofdbestuur ter bevordering van Fabriek en Handwerksnijverheid in Nederland concerning the enquiry into the education in Arts and Crafts in England, France and the United States and a letter dated July 1st 1681 by the Staten Generaal concerning the delay in payment to soldiers in 's Hertogenbosch.
- Lacks wax seal; a few ink stains in blank margins.
= A document in which a canon of the St. Pieters church in Utrecht, Ernst van Schaijk, is granted a burial place for him and his descendants in "der kercken van Sinte Ghertruijt" [the Geertekerk] across from his kin "Ernst van Scaijk die scilderts".
AND another Dutch manuscript document, pen and ink on vellum, dated 7 June 1598, concerning the estate of "Anna Peter van Doijenburch dochter" and its transfer from "Margareta ende Alphertgen Jelis Blocksdochteren" to "Johan en Herman Feijt" and "Peter Feijt".
= Miscellaneous collection of manuscript documents, all concerning property and/ or people in the province of Utrecht. I.a. a letter by Johan van Oostrum regarding the estate of the convent in Wijk bij Duurstede (dated 8 March 1588); a manuscript transcript of a publication about the calibration of wine and beer jugs (dated 25 September 1660); a document regarding the sale of the castle "De Haar", "Memorie vande cooppenen vande heerlijckheijt vande Haer met de vordere goederen" (dated 23 October 1689); a document regarding the estate "Lauwenrecht" ("Antwoort vrouwe Franchina More ende jonkvrouwe Margareta Pellecorne contra Benjamin van Halewijn") (dated April 1653) and an 18th century autopsy report of "Jan Suurmond, sous-lieutenant in het Regiment van den heer Generaal Major Kannenburgh" who apparently died of a stab wound in the heart.