Author: THOMAS, FRED.,
Title: Het Tolhuis in Verleden en Heden. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Amsterdam, s.n., [circa], 1935. Oblong 8°, original limp wrappers, plastic spiralled spine. Extra halved wrappers, front part with Amsterdam City Coat-of-Arms. [46]pp. Many captioned monochrome illustrations in text and full page, of which facsims. after old engravings, illustrating in-and exterior of Amsterdam City Toll-house situated near Y-river, ti.-p. and lower endpaper speckled with tiny silver dots, recto/verso. NOT called-for in Royal Dutch Library, KB. Dutch language survey of history and development of the Amsterdam City Toll-house through the ages. Very good copy.

Keywords: history toll-house duties taxation history development architecture amsterdam city y-river culture heritage dutch