Almanach

1835 · ABC_48322 — Zierikzee: J. van de Velde Olivier vol.12: P. de Looze 1835. Original yellow or blue printed publisher's wrappers with the title printed on the spine and front within an ornamental border the coat of arms of arms of Zeeland on the back. 12mo. With the woodcut coat of arms of Zeeland on the title page of each volume 16 folding lithographed plates 17 full-page lithographed plates 2 leaves with musical annotations and several folding tables. 12 volumes. Original and complete series of 12 volumes of an important literary almanac. The work contains a calendar eclipses phases of the moon and sun the tides market days and fairs and postal and transportation facilities in the Province of Zealand as well as historical accounts reports and stories and poems. The folding plates include a city view Zierikzee castle Moermond near Renesse the ruins of the monastery Bethlehem near Elkerzee Castle Baarland 1840 Phases of the moon and eclipses the monastery Sion near Noordgouwe the bathhouse at Domburg and the town-hall at Hulst in the 16th century and in 1845.Many of the short stories and poems were written by well-known 18th and 19th-century Dutch authors such as Petronella Moens 1762-1843 Jacobus Bellami 1757-1786 and Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema 1815-1897. Another regular contributor was the minister Hendrik Marinus Christiaan van Oosterzee 1806-1877 who was the main editor together with J. Berman. Van Oosterzee lived at Elkerzee on the island Schouwen from 1830-1844 and later at Oirschot. In 1840 he became member of the Zeeuws Genootschap. In later years he edited the well-known yearbook Nehallennia 1849-1850 and the Jaarboek Zeeland 1852-1856.With a shelf mark label on the spine of each volume and a deaccession stamp from the Openbare bibliotheek Arnhem on the title page. The wrappers are frayed and creased with some losses the spines have been rubbed with some loss of material the 1838 1839 and 1841 issues have been rebound with the original wrappers mounted on the front board. The leaves are somewhat browned and foxed 2 of the plates are torn the spine of the 1841 issue has broken but the work is still complete the final volume is printed by a different publisher and therefore of a slightly larger size the 1837 issue still with the original prospectus leaf included. Otherwise in good condition.l Jaarb. Maatsch. Nederl. Letterk. 1878 pp. 69-1877 biography and list of his works; NNBW III col. 936; Vandenhole p. 165 only the 1845 and 1846 issues. J. van de Velde Olivier (vol.12: P. de Looze), unknown