2725 - 2805 MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS
- Formerly folded; some sm. holes and weak/ dam. spots in upper margin.
= Friendly letter, i.a. offering his services as a guide to the most picturesque spots in Zaandam.
- A few lvs. (partly) torn out; a few bloodstains(?). Binding sl. dustsoiled and spotted.
= Controversial Dutch American (ex-) drug addict, rehabilitation guru, tv personality and convicted sex offender Keith Bakker was first admitted into rehab in the Jellinek clinic in Amsterdam in 1997. During this period he kept this diary as a form of self therapy, obviously not intended to be read by anyone: "This is my first entry into my journal. I don't give a fuck anymore if anyone reads this. If you do so, you are an asshole and if my life is so interesting to you that you need to read this, I feel sorry for you."
Interesting insight into the troubled mind of a recovering drug addict, venting anger, frustration, despair, but also reflecting hope, resiliance and finding comfort in his newly gained faith in God.
- Binding w. some chafed and worn spots.
= Contains mostly recipes for drinks and (sweet) deserts, i.a. "Roode en witte Aalbessen wyn", "Roode en witte Hypocras", "Frambozen marmolade", "Syroop van Violen", "Syroop van Moerbeziën en Braamboozen", "Geleij van berberissen", "Citroen Adjaad", "Morellen in Brandewijn", "Roode Kandeel" and "Kweën wijn".
= Interesting lot of manuscript cookery books from a family of Dutch nobility.
= Mentions i.a. the following Dutch noble families: Van Paffenrode, van Swieten, van Wijngaarden and van Tuyl van Serooskercke. The genealogy starts at the top with "Diederick de tweede grave van Hollant ende Zeelant etc." and "Romanus den jonge, griecx keijser tot Constantinopelen".
= Rich source of information on Dutch noble estates.
= With loosely inserted notes and photographs (of painted) portraits of various members of the Dutch Stadnitski family. This manuscript is based on the notes of the wellknown heraldry and genealogy expert Jan Adriaan Koopmans who married Johanna Robertina Angelica Stadnitski (1825-1901) and it was probably created by their son Adriaan (1851-1919) who took the surname of Stadnitski as last living male member in the Netherlands. The Stadnitski family arrived in the 17th century in the Netherlands from Poland.
ADDED: Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. Geslachtlijst der familie Toe Laer. The Hague, Genealogisch-Heraldisch Archief, 1890, 56,IIIp, orig. dec. cl.
= The Toe Laer family is related to the Stadnitsky family through the marriage of Engelina toe Laer (1799-1872) with Pieter Stadnitski (1798-1843).
AND 1 other: J.W. DE CRANE, Bijzonderheden, de familie Hemsterhuis betreffende (Leyden, 1827, contemp. plain wr.).
- New endpapers.
= The manuscript begins with a genealogy of the Van Winssen family (noble family from the vicinity of Utrecht), with drawings of the glass stained windows in their church and continues with their genealogical tree and many other genealogical trees. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
- Formerly folded; sm. hole in fold. = Arent van Duivenvoorde (1528-1599).
- Partly frayed/ creased/ traces of handling. Binding worn; covers creased.
= Hendrik van Halmale (1624-1676), bishop of Ieper, collected and compiled this unique collection of several hundred genealogies as an amateur genealogist and bound them together in a large vellum folio. With his bookplate on upper pastedown. Containing genealogies drawn up by i.a. Laurent Leblong, Jean Scohiers, Marius Voet, Christophe Butkens, Pierre or Jeanne de Launay.
= The privileges transcribed date from 1322 to "13 September 1657". Albertus Costerus was a mayor of Woerden and served as secretary to the Groot Waterschap van Woerden. Several other more or less similar (dating from the late 18th cent.) copies of this manuscript exist (see also for example the copies kept in the archive of the Regionaal Historisch Centrum Rijnstreek en Lopikerwaard). The text of the transcripts in our copy is followed by an 18th cent. transript of the "Eed van den procureurs postuleerende voor de vierschaar van 't groot Waterschap van Woerden." (6 lvs.).
- Contents partly loosening (but complete and fine). Vellum over frontcover loose; backstrip dam.
= The privileges transcribed date from 1322 to "1 December 1780". Several other copies of this manuscript exist (see also for example the copies kept in the archive of the Regionaal Historisch Centrum Rijnstreek en Lopikerwaard).
= François de Vicq (1603-1678) sells the property to Philip de Flines (1640-1700) for 9.580 guilders (see also: https://ilibrariana.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/de-eigenaren-van-spaarnhoutsparenhoutspaar-en-hout/).
= Letter informing the reverend (?) that his spouse will attend church for the first time after the birth of their son Prince Willem George Frederik.
Idem. Manuscript letter SIGNED "W. Pr. v. Orange", dated "16 Januarij 1777", pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only, folded. Willem I, King of the Netherlands (1772-1843). Manuscript letter SIGNED "Willem", dated "Brussel den 23 Augustus 1827", pen and ink, 1 leaf, recto only, folded.
= The ledger of Victoire Sophie van Haeften van Ophemert en Zennew, Jonkvrouwe van Ophemert (1789-1825), started when she became of age and ended in 1824. With the entire ledger also copied in French, on loosely inserted loose leaves. She lived and died in castle Blitterswijck (Limburg).
= Maria Scholten married Jacobus den Dooren de Jong (1811-1896) in 1834. A few of the poems are addressed to him or to a family member.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.
= For the month of October with Saint Denis, Saint Luke and Saint Simon and Juda in gold.
- Incomplete manuscript. New endpapers.
= Unfortunately, there are almost no clues in the manuscript itself to tell us more about its origin. This is probably a manuscript copied by a student or preacher for his own use, since it was copied by one scribe. It is a simple organized text, equipped with rubricated headings before each sermon. The use of Latin suggest it may have been copied for a house of friars or regular Canons and not for lay people. Written on paper with watermark Briquet 8193, dating ±1400.
