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Title: Beschrijving van het marmeren praalgraf, ter nagedachtenis van den ridder J.C.J. van Speyk, opgerigt in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam op den 4den Mei 1832/Gezangen bij de plegtige begrafenis van J.C.J. van Speyk den 4den Mei 1832.
Description: Amsterdam, Gebroeders Diederichs, [1832], 8+2 pages, no binding, Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 - 5 February 1831), was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands in 1831 for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries.Saakes 9 (1832), p. 336 ; Knuttel 26796

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