Author: Agnes. [Agnes Dorothea Damen, Religieuse in het klooster de Goede Herder te Leiderdorp.]
Title: Poetry 1861, Woman writer, Leiden rare | Smeekdicht voor vijftienhonderd broodeloozen door Agnes, Leiden J.W. van Leeuwen 1861, 13 pp. Signed by Scheibeling.
Description: Original paper binding, in -8, 24 x 14 cm. About the period in Leiden that 1500 inhabitants were without bread. This because of the fire in Leiden on 13 september? 1861. Agnes = Agnes Dorothea Damen, religieuse in het klooster de Goede Herder te Leiderdorp. Copy with smudges and creases, very rare copy. Signed underneath the foreword with Scheiberling.Zie artikel van J. de Vries over pamfletten over het armoedeprobleem in de negentiende eeuw.Armoede - armoed bestrijding - pseudoniem - smeekdicht - religie - schuilnaam - Leiden - brand Blindstudded morocco wallet binding with chiselled gold clasp and catch. 16 x 10 cm. In very good condition.

Keywords: fire|Leiden|Poor relief|Theology|Women