Low Countries / Autographs, Documents & Manuscripts

[MANUSCRIPT]. JOFFROY, Joannes Baptista (Jean-Baptiste). Daegelyksche aenteekening van alle de goederen te verwen komende bij Joannes Baptista Joffroy begonst 1734.
[Mechelen (Malines, Belgium), 1 April 1734-31 August 1759]. Folio (32.5 x 21 cm). Manuscript journal of accounts in dark brown ink on paper, written in Dutch in an upright gothic hand, with each page ruled in double and single lines to make 4 or 5 columns and up to 22 rows, decorated with hundreds of pen flourishes, three forming pictures of birds as tailpieces and with a decorative cross to begin 1750 (some other years with a simpler cross), a couple headings with additions in red. Contemporary vellum. [268] pp. Full description

[LETTERS - DIPLOMATIC]. [Official contemporary copies of incoming diplomatic correspondence to the Dutch government in The Hague from Dutch ambassadors, envoys, diplomatic residents and others in Vienna, Graz, Schaffhausen, Turin, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Moscow, Cologne, Frankfurt, Dresden, Regensburg, Warsaw, Grodno, Maastricht, The Hague, Brussels and Ostend].
[The Hague], letters dated 26 January-17 December 1715 and 7 November 1725-22 November 1729. Folio (32.5 x 20.5 cm). 96 letters clearly written in dark brown ink on paper, 84 in Dutch and 12 in French, mostly in a Latin hand (the Dutch ones from 1715 in a semi-gothic hand). Loose leaves in a modern portfolio. [96] letters ([138] written pp. on [97] ll.). Full description

[LUYKEN, Christina Margaretha]. Meinen Reise-Buch, von 1790 bis 1809.
[The Netherlands and Germany, ca. 1790-1809 (-1821)]. Ca. 154 x 95 mm. Written in a small German hand.
Original floral wrappers with the manuscript title on the front, blue sprinkled edges. [39] ll. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT - BRAZIL - FREDERIK HENDRIK, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau]. [18th-century copy of a letter to the States General originally written on 20 September 1645].
Oosteeklo, originally written on 20 September 1645, this transcription: 18th century. Ca. 23 x 14.5 cm. Kept in a plastic folder between tissue paper. [1] l. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT - BROEK IN WATERLAND]. SCHOON, Cornelis. Beschryving van het dorp Broek, behelsende derselver regts-ban, gelegentheyd, naams-oorsprong, tegenwoordige toestand, openbaare gebouwen, handel, regeering, enz. enz. Door Cornelis Schoon. Door den selve vermeerdert, verbetert, en met eenige afbeeldingen versierd.
Te Broek, 1759-[1760]. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to (ca. 24 x 18.5 cm). Manuscript written in Dutch in black ink on paper. With a hand drawn allegorical frontispiece by Cornelis Schoon, the title-page in red and black ink with a vignette, 1 double-page engraved map of Waterland and 2 profile views of Broek on 1 double-page leaf drawn by Hendrik de Winter. Further with several illustrations in black and grey ink by Schoon: 1 full-page map of the "Banne van Broek", 1 double-page plan of the village Broek, 6 full-page plates, 2 views of the church on 1 leaf, the coat-of-arms of Waterland, 5 full-page plans of the church, 1 head-piece, 1 illustration in the text, and several head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum with the manuscript author and title on the spine, red sprinkled edges. [12], [228]; [229]-341, [13] pp. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS]. BERGH, Johan van den. Eenige stukken concerneerende criminele procedures in cas d'appel voor het hof geventileerd tusschen den bailluw van Rhijnland contra Pieter Oostenryk in materie van manslag met de ms. schriftuuren.
[Leiden], 1726-1729. Folio (33 x 21.5 cm). Manuscript in Dutch on laid paper, with 2 embossed seals (clein segels). Later blue paper wrappers, with a printed title label mounted on the front wrapper. 28, [8 blank] pp. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT - STAATS BRABANT]. [Drop title:] D'Eerste presiderende ende andere ...
The Hague, 18 November 1697. ca. 35.5 x 20.5 cm. Manuscript in Dutch on vellum, with the blind-stamped "clein segel" of Holland in the upper left corner of the leaf. Folded, kept in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] l. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT]. DODOENS (DODONAEUS), Rembert. [Declaration of financial and other documents received as incoming churchwarden of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Mechelen].
[Mechelen], 27 December 1558. Oblong 4to (19 x 21.5 cm). A document written in dark brown ink on paper, with the opening words filled in afterwards in light brown ink and the signature in light brown ink. [1] ll. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT - DUTCH]. Resolutien van den Raad van Staaten nopens Sterckten van Staats Vlaenderen en de Schelde.
[Low Countries], 1747. 4to. Manuscript on paper, written in two neat hands, partly in French.Mid-19th-century half red sheepskin, marbled paper sides. 46, 121, [1 blank] pp. Full description

[MANUSCRIPT - DUTCH - LEGAL]. [Four Dutch legal manuscripts on parchment].
1638-1724. All various sizes. The fourth document with contemporary paper wrappers, sewn through one hole, all but the third document are folded, and all are housed together in a white paper folder. Full description