Author: SMITS, Jan.
Title: Verhandeling over de inbraak en overstrooming van den grooten Zuid-Hollandschen waard, op den 18 November 1421.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1822. 8vo. With a large folding lithographed map. Contemporary stiff wrappers covered with marbled paper.
Description: VI [=IV], 87, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a work on the so-called St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421 in the south of Holland, the Netherlands, which had taken place on the Saint's feast day: 19 November. The book tries to answer 3 questions: How did the rivers and surrounding areas look before the flood?, What was the flood's main cause? and How did the flood alter the rivers and the surrounding areas? The folding map depicts the flow of the river before de flood. The text was first presented by the author, Jan Smits, during a memorial day in 1821, 400 years after the flood.With a few minor spots, otherwise in good condition. Binding worn and backstrip lost.l Repertorium der literatuur van den waterstaat van Nederland (1915), 2724.
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Title: Verhandeling over de inbraak en overstrooming van den grooten Zuid-Hollandschen waard, op den 18 November 1421.Dordrecht, Blussé and Van Braam, 1822. 8vo. With a large folding lithographed map. Contemporary stiff wrappers covered with marbled paper.
Description: VI [=IV], 87, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a work on the so-called St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421 in the south of Holland, the Netherlands, which had taken place on the Saint's feast day: 19 November. The book tries to answer 3 questions: How did the rivers and surrounding areas look before the flood?, What was the flood's main cause? and How did the flood alter the rivers and the surrounding areas? The folding map depicts the flow of the river before de flood. The text was first presented by the author, Jan Smits, during a memorial day in 1821, 400 years after the flood.With a few minor spots, otherwise in good condition. Binding worn and backstrip lost.l Repertorium der literatuur van den waterstaat van Nederland (1915), 2724.
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Price: EUR 1250.00 = appr. US$ 1358.56 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: J95E3FE9AHQM
- Book number: J95E3FE9AHQM