Author: Faassen, Rosier.
Title: De Militaire Willemsorde. Oorspronkelijk Dramatische Schets in 1 Bedrijf.
Description: 's-Hage, carpentier, 1873. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Octavo. Pp. 32. Original stiff wrappers, bit worn, frayed, lower wrap gone; some foxing. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare. Published for the benefit of the wounded and mutilated gunner G. van den Akker with a note to this effect pasted at bottom of front wrapper. Rosier (Pieter Jacobus) Faassen, 1833-1907 was a prolific writer, actor and playwright, Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. His dramatic oeuvre numbers more than twenty plays, including box-office successes like "Anne-Mie", "De Ledige Wieg" (The Vacant Crib) and the one-act play "Manus de Snorder" (Manus the Coachman). He published his autobiography "Mijn leven" in 1897 and it was reprinted several times. "De Militaire Willemsorde" is a one-act play whose main character is Van Balen, elderly veteran decorated with the Military William Order, the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 005-9 .

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