1753. (BLACKMAIL FOR SODOMY)

Advijs Decisoir No. 44. (Court martial case about accusations of sodomy and blackmail (1753), in manuscript).

Written by hand with brown ink on good quality paper, marked as 'Copia', a copy. 32 x 20 cm. No binding. 48 p., of which 5 are blank. 33-35 lines per page. Excellent condition. Beautifully written manuscript, the report of a court martial case where an officer Borkensteijn accused the elderly custos (verger) of the Broederkerk in Nijmegen that he had pointed to his pants to entice him to sodomy. In the end, the officer and an accomplice were demoted and dismissed from service, their swords broken, before being handed over to a civil court. The verger was cleared of all blame, released and given his money back. This extensive account of 42 handwritten pages largely corresponds to a printed article in the Nieuwe Nederlandsche Jaerboeken by Martinus Stuart (Vol. VII/2 (August 1753), p. 699-724). Incidentally, the court martial contains a nice detectivelike passage where the paleness of ink leads to the discovery that some notes were not written at the same instance. The lawyer response brings life’s details very close: ‘Voor redenen van de verandering van inckt geevende: off de verandering van pen, off het te diep instippen, en meerdere of mindere swaere hand, ofte oock het omroeren, off niet omroeren van den inckt, om dat er ook boomwoll in de kooker soude zijn geweest’: For reasons given for the change of ink: either the change of pen, or putting it in the ink too deeply, and a more or less heavy hand, or also the stirring, or not stirring of the ink, because there would also have been cotton in the inkwell. (p. 18 in the written text, p. 711 in the printed one).

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Boeknummer: 271770

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1797. SIEDE, J.C.

Gemälde des Physischen Menschen oder die Geheimnisse der Mannbarkeit des Geschlechts Triebes und des Ehebetts.

Berlin, C.G. Schoene, 1797. Vol. 3 of 4. Contemporary vellum-backed boards. (12), 260 p. With engraved title page. 1st edition. Halftitle missing. The words '3. Theil' (=Part 3) scratched away. Modern name in felt tip pen on flyleaf and title page. Part three of a four volume work, but only the first volume was widely circulated. This third part deals with unwanted ways of sex: the unnatural lust, the 'Arten der Beiwohnung' = types of cohabition, the impotence, the sterility, the abuse of the sex drive in perceptions, the love of the Jews, monks and nuns or celibacy, and the dulled lust. Or in other words, this is the gay part of the series.

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1727. CHRIST, Johann Friedrich

Historia legis Scatiniae. Antiquorum codicum testimoniis emendandis illustrandis passim distincta.

Halle, Johannes Christophorus Krebs, 1727. Without wrappers. 28 p. In Latin. 1st edition. Number written on title. Paper browned. ‘The History of Scatinian Law. Illustrating and rectifying the various evidences from ancient codices’. A detailed examination of the name, history, and substance of the Lex Scatinia (or Scantinia), a Roman law meant to punish sexual contact between men and freeborn boys. The text of the law (from around 225 BC) has not survived, but there are several references to it, including Juvenal’s poetry. Early modern authors saw the Scatinia as the Roman equivalent to sodomy laws, but now there are more nuanced views on this.

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(HEM, Piet van der)

Inbraakverzekering.

[Den Haag], De Nederlanden van 1845, (ca. 1925). 15 x 10 cm. Vouwblad van stevig papier, aan alle 4 kanten bedrukt, het binnenwerk met de Hollandsche Mediaeval. Voorop een kleurenprent van Piet van der Hem. Tekst in rood en zwart. Netjes. Aantrekkelijke reclamekaart met uittreksel uit de polisvoorwaarden en een vragenformulier ('Wenscht U de volle waarde van Uw inboedel te vezekeren of het 1/3 gedeelte (met premier-risque-voorwaarden)?'). Voorop kruipt een onverlaat door een openstaand raam naar binnen, terwijl een ander (mét geruite pet) een oogje in het zeil houdt.

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1772. SWIETEN, Johan Fredrik van

De Juichende Gevangenis van Johan Fredrik van Swieten, Burger en Inwoner der Stad' Rotterdam, en Lidmaat der Hervormde Kerk' aldaar: door hemzelf' in het licht gegeven. (&) Krouwzel, voor de Jeukende Eerzucht van Johan Fredrik van Swieten: De Verlichtste Lidmaat; Getrouwste der Adelborsten; Manhaftigste der Burgeren; Wichtigste der Bakkeren; en Tweede Erasmus, der Stad Rotterdam. Dienende tot Antwoord op zyn Werkje genaamt, de Juichende Gevangenis.

Rotterdam, Joost vander Laan, 1772. Contemporary marbled wrappers. 30 p. 1st edition. Some brown staining splashes (like tea). Traces of use. (&) No place, publisher or year [1772]. No wrappers. 20 p. Loose and a bit creased, partly browned. 'The Jubilant Prison of Johan Fredrik van Swieten, Citizen and Inhabitant of the City of Rotterdam, and Member of the Reformed Church there: given into the light by himself. (&) Scratching, for the Itching Ambition of Johan Fredrik van Swieten: The Most Enlightened Member; Most Faithful of the Midshipmen; Most Manly of the Citizens; Most Important of the Bakers; and Second Erasmus, of the City of Rotterdam. Serving as an Answer to his Work called, the Jubilant Prison.' J.F. van Swieten, an esteemed baker in Rotterdam, was accused and soon acquitted of sodomy, after he had proven his innocence, citing numerous Bible passages. The second pamphlet, a long rhyming poem, is directed against him. The 'Krouwzel' pokes fun at Van Swieten's jubilant, biblical thunder and satirizes his self-righteousness. The first pamphlet is rare (2 copies in Dutch libraries), the second virtually unknown (no copies in the libraries), the text not published elsewhere.

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Boeknummer: 271760

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1765. (SODOMY)

Korte Historische en Oordeelkundige Verhandelinge over de Sodomie, vervattende derzelver Oudheit, Oorsprongk, en voortgang onder de meeste Volkeren; mitsgaders derzelver Afschuwelykheit; en de Voorbeelden der Godlyke Oordeelen en Straffen, doorgaans daar op gevolgd. Benevens het Placaat van haar Edele Groot Mogende de Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland. Ten dien opzichte geëmaneert.

(Haarlem-Leiden-Den Haag-and seven other places, sold by Van Lee-Hoogeveen-P. van Tol en Van Os and others (p. 41)), [1765]. Paper-backed marbled boards. (4), 42 p. Little hole in the spine, otherwise a nice 18th century binding. Repair paper on last page covering some lettering. "Short Historical and Judgmental Treatise on Sodomy, containing its Antiquity, Origin, and Progress among most Nations; together with its Abomination; and the Examples of the Divine Judgments and Punishments that generally followed. Together with the Placaat of the Noble and Mighty Lords States of Holland and West Friesland." Excerpt by someone signing 'L:W:K:' from the article with the same title in the Europische Mercurius, 1730. Not updated: the cases are all from 1730, as if nothing happened between 1730 and 1765.

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Boeknummer: 271669

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1794. VOGEL, S.G.

Onderwijs voor ouders, opvoeders en opzieners van kinderen, over de manier, hoe de ondeugd der verwoestende zelfbevlekking, die zo verbaazend algemeen is, op de veiligste wijze kan ontdekt, verhoed en geneezen worden.

Haarlem, A. Loosjes Pz., 1794. Contemporary plain limp boards. XXXIV (+ 2, register), 194 p., with two tiny illustrations of children's straitjackets. 2nd edition. Binding a bit loosening and worn. Some pages loose, inside bright and uncut. 'Instruction for parents, educators, and guardians of children, in the safest manner in which the vice of destructive self-pollution, so astonishingly common, may be discovered, prevented, and cured.'

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Boeknummer: 271757

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1730. BEELS, L.

Sodoms Zonde en Straffe of Streng Wraakrecht over Vervloekte Boosheidt, en Loths Vrouw, verandert in een Zoutpilaar.

Amsterdam, A. Wor and Erve G. Onder de Linden, 1730. Modern artificial leather-backed boards. (24),154, (12) p. Title printed in red and black and with a small engraving. With an useful register. 1st edition. Some stains in the preliminaries, otherwise fine. 'Sodom's Sin and Punishment or Severe Vengeance for Cursed Wickedness, and Lot's Wife, turned into a Pillar of Salt'. Leonard Beels (1674-1756), a minister in Amsterdam, describes extensively and in great detail the disasters that happened in Genesis XIX, including the role of salt, of sulphur, of fire, interpreting sodomy as a crime inciting God's anger. Beels also mentions famous Roman Catholic sodomites, stringing a row of popes. He compares the way God shows this with other disasters like the St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421, when a large part of Holland was destroyed by a flood. This happened during a time that the people of Holland were 'zeer dartel en broodtdronken', 'very frisky and boisterous', wasteful and arrogant.

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Boeknummer: 271671

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1578. (SODOMY IN BRUGES). HOGENBERG, Frans

Wie zween munch in einer predig gefangen zu Brug im Flandern haben sodomitigsche gottlosigkeit des Closters, der Obrigkheitt angegeben. (May 18, 1578).

Taken from a collection of 'Geschichtsblätter', Leaves of History. 1. Wie zween munch in einer predig gefangen zu Brug im Flandern haben sodomitigsche gottlosigkeit des Closters, der Obrigkheitt angegeben. With caption text in German doggerel (14 lines) under the picture. Dated Anno Dni MDLXXVIII 18 Meij (May 18, 1578). Oblong 210 x 273 mm. Clear impression, but slightly doubled. Litterally: 'How two monks caught in a sermon in Brugge in Flanders have reported the sodomite godlessness of the monastery to the authorities' . Dramatical depiction of the extradition of at least a dozen monks, firmly escorted by a long procession of soldiers. Nr. 17 of the Geschichtsblätter' by Frans Hogenberg, the foremost topographical engraver of his day.his 'Geschichtsblätter'. The doggerel translates: 'A miracle has shortly passed in Bruges, that two friars minor caught in the doctrine of Calvin were delivered to their guardian (father superior), who had them beaten with rods. After that the rot was examined because its miracles were deposited by Sodom in their order, whereby many were infected. The council went to the monastery and when the monks had confessed this, they were led as prisoners to the gate because of their impiety, at Bruges in Flanders.

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Boeknummer: 283926

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BAANDER, Ru

Leman. Oorspronkelijke schetsen. Met teekeningen van Adolf Wiesenhaan.

Groningen, H.L. van der Klei, 1904. Ingenaaid. 72 p. 1e druk. Zeer gaaf. Wonderlijk boekje met schetsen van het leven te Amsterdam. De schrijver is wellicht pseudoniem.

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Boeknummer: 284021

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BELCAMPO

De Zwerftocht van Belcampo.

(Amsterdam, "De Arend"), [1938]. Karton. 244 p. 1e druk. Rug verbruind, maar een opvallend gaaf exemplaar. Van deze titel is de rug vrijwel altijd beschadigd, dit exemplaar heeft een gave rug! Beschrijving van 's auteurs reis van oktober 1933 tot mei 1934 door achtereenvolgens Nederland, België, Frankrijk, Italië, Joegoslavië, Hongarije, Tsjechië - en terug.

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Boeknummer: 283691

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CARTER, Will

Spectrum romain et italique.

Haarlem, Lettergieterij Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, [1957]. 28 x 20 cm. Geniet. 16 p. In kleuren. Mooi exemplaar. Letterproef van de in 1952 gereedgekomen letter Spectrum. Met Franstalige inleiding van de letterontwerper, Jan van Krimpen. De overige teksten zijn in het Nederlands, Frans, Duits en Engels. Samenstelling en typografie Will Carter.

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Boeknummer: 283899

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CARTER, Will

Spectrum and Roman Italic.

Haarlem, Lettergieterij Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, [1957]. 28 x 20 cm. Geniet. 16 p. In kleuren. Mooi exemplaar. Letterproef van de in 1952 gereedgekomen letter Spectrum. Met Engelstalige inleiding van de ontwerper, Jan van Krimpen. De overige teksten zijn in het Nederlands, Frans, Duits en Engels. Samenstelling en ontwerp van Will Carter.

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Boeknummer: 283898

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1748. NAME LIST OF CRIMINALS

Naam-Lyst van alle persoonen, die binnen Amsterdam door beuls handen zyn ter dood gebragt; sedert het Jaar 1693 tot 1746 ingesloten. Met een korte aanwyzing van hunne Afkomst, de Misdaden om welke zy gevonnist zyn, en de wyze hoe zy hunne Executie ontvangen hebben.

Amersfoort, M. Langenwagen, 1748. 18th century marbled wrappers with oval handwritten title ticket. 44 p. Cover discolored and worn at the sides. Old owner's names "Isaac Barre" (twice) and other inscriptions on inside cover. ‘Name-List of all persons who were put to death by the executioner in Amsterdam; from the year 1693 up to and including 1746. With a brief indication of their origin, the crimes for which they were sentenced, and the way in which they received their execution.’ With a lot of attention for ‘sodomites’ (p. 33-36 and 42). Not in NCC, one in Worldcat (Staatsbibliothek Berlin).

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Boeknummer: 268124

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DOOLAARD, A. den

Het Verjaagde Water. Bezorgd door K. d'Angremond en G.J. Schiereck.

(Delft), DUP Satellite (= Delft University Press), (2001). Karton. 592 p. Rijk geïllustreerde en geannoteerde editie.

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Boeknummer: 284002

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