Author: SCHINKEL, A. D.,
Title: Nadere bijzonderheden betrekkelijk Constantijn Huygens en zijne familie alsmede eenige door hem vervaardigde doch onuitgegeven dichtstukjes
Description: 1851, Privately printed in 125 copies. Two volumes. 84, 43 pp. Vol. 1, boards with a piece of paper mounted on paste downe endpaper 'Present ex. van den Schrijver'; vol 2. original wrappers [bookblock loose in wrappers].Vol. 2 with handwritten dedication 'Aan myn vriend B. Koster'. l Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens. This two volumes contain a.o. fragments of his bookkeeping, for instance on the marriage of his daughter Suzanne and Philips Doublet.

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