Handwritten journal/travel diary of a trip to Bentheim and Steinfurt.

1828, 4pp handwritten diary in ink, only 4 handwritten pages out of several more, laid paper in contemporary binding (folder), The author is a student/pupil and is asked by his teacher to accompany him on a trip to Benthiem and from there to Steinfurt. They start on 28 Junij (June) 1828 from possibly Westzaan/Koog aan de Zaan to Amsterdam with a private coach, then with a diligence to Utrecht where they changed coaches. They had lunch in Voorthuijsen and continued to Deventer where they stayed in Logement De Kroon. Mr Bekking provided the entertainment in the evening (Societeitstuin). The following day they took a rented private coach to Bentheim. Having arrived in Goor they took a "diner a la fourchette" at A. van Delden. They reached Bentheim and were not very impressed by the state of affairs. The beer and wine consumption in the badhuis (bathing house) posed some problems too. They joined Mr Kooman/Koman (?) for a trip the next day to Steinfurt. They travelled with The Dutch Painter Van Os, a lady, the author and his companion in the coach owned by mr Hoffman. They arrive in Steinfurt and visit the "bagno" (a famous park with lots of buildings and entertainment) and see the grotto (caves). They dine at Schutdorf and return in Bentheim in the night. Mr Hoffman invites them to his house in Bentheim the next day and shows them around in the city. They visit the castle and that is where the manuscript ends just after the story of the erstwhile prisoners being thrown in a deep well. Possibly written by either Evert de Jager, Pieter Groen, Arie de Bruijn or Pieter Honigh (see also nr. 71877 Journal). The painter Van Os that is mentioned is most likely Pieter Fredrik van Os (8 October 1808 - 31 March 1892) who was a painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was the son and pupil of Pieter Gerardus van Os and worked mainly in the spirit of his father. He travelled through Belgium and Germany before settling in Haarlem in 1839. Nice but short personal account of a trip through Holland and parts of Germany.

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Book number: 71879

Catalogue: Manuscripts Travel

Journal van eene reis naar Dusseldorp (Dusseldorf) door de volgende personen: Evert de Jager, Pieter Groen, Arie de Bruijn and Pieter Honigh (with their wives).

Manuscript, travel diary, 25 Julij 1830- 5 Augustus 1830, handwritten in ink, 13,5x8,5cm, 16pp. on laid paper, contemporary paper softcover binding, 4 men and their wives travel to Dusseldorp (currently Dusseldorf, Germany). They travel with two coaches from Michiel Duits. After a lunch at De Vogelstruijs owned by J. van Beusekom, Vreeburg Utrecht (no doubt for the horses) they travel to Driebergen to spend the night. The second night was spent at the Posthuis outside the gates of Arnhem owned by Bungers. The following day is spent in the city and the surroundings of Arnhem (Biljoen, Beekhuis, Rozendaal). Next day they visit Nijmegen. On their way to Kleef (Kleve) they stayed at the Diergaarde owned by Robbers. They visited Kleef and went to the grave of Prins Maurits (locally called "Kermisdal"), at Dusseldorf they stayed at the inn called "3 rijkskronen" (Drei Reichskronen" owned by Beecking (?), the city is inspected and the surroundings as well. The author is a great fan of the German cuisine. On the 1st of August they take a steamship to travel to Duisberg (Duisburg), they meet Mr van Exter (Etten, Esten?) aboard, They arrive in Nijmegen and stay there. The next day they return via Arnhem and sleep at Zutphen in De Hollandsche Tuin owned by Wenink. They admire the church and continue their trip to Het Loo where they can not visit the palace as the royal family is in residence. But they visit the park nevertheless. They arrive in Voorthuizen and stay at the house of Mr Thomasse. The following night they stay at Weduwe Svchimmel in Soestdijk and visited the park of the palace there. The next day they visited Soestdijk Palace itself owned by the crownprince where they admire the painting by Pieneman of the battle at Quatre Bras (Waterloo). They return from Soestdijk through Hilversum and Amsterdam to eventually reach their hometown (Zaandijk, Koog aan den Zaan?). Interesting short travel diary of four couples travelling through the Netherlands and a part of Germany in 1830. See also 71879 for another diary possibly by the same author.

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Book number: 71877

Catalogue: Manuscripts Travel

VALKENBURG

Valkenburg Nr 2, Uitgave van Jakob Krapohl, M. Gladbach [leporello met 8 primitief gekleurde prentbriefkaarten]

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Book number: 16677

Catalogue: Manuscripts Travel

VOLENDAM

Volendam. Uitg. Den Haag, Weenenk en Snel, [ca. 1940?], 6 gekleurde prentbriefkaarten in leporellovorm in omslag.

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Book number: 16702

Catalogue: Manuscripts Travel