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Title: Auction Catalogue, 1825, Kemper | Bibliotheca Kemperiana, sive Catalogus Librorum qui studiis inservierunt viri nobilissimi Joannis Melchioris Kemper (...). Leiden, S. et J. Luchtmans, 376 [2] 29 pp.
Description: Auction catalogue listing the collection of the Dutch politician and jurist Joan Melchior Kemper (26 April 1776 – 20 July 1824) was a Dutch jurist and politician. Kemper played a major part in the establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after the French had left the territory in 1813. He advised Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (together with Elias Canneman and Anton Reinhard Falck), drafted various proclamations including William I's proclamation of sovereignty, and even assisted in writing the constitution. Obviously, a large part of Kemper's collection consisted of books on law, but he also collected literature, poetry and prints.Kemper- auction - veilingcatalogus - Leiden - lawyer - recht - Dutch History Original blue paper cardboard binding, 23 x 13.5 cm. Uncut pages. Damaged, fragile spine, warped pages, occasional stains.

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