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Directions From Belgium To The Netherlands In The 19th Century

Best.-Nr. 6799BELGIUM TO THE NETHERLANDS. D. 2pg. c. 19th century. Antwerp Belgium. A document highlighting directions from Antwerp Belgium to Rotterdam Netherlands. An unknown scribe wrote in English : from Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom 7 Leagues half way you meet with the French custom house Inn at Bergen op Zoom the Golden Lion from Berg op Zoom to Breda 7 leagues & inn the prince Cardinal from Breda to Laage Swaluwe 4 Leagues you pay about 4 florins dutch money a horse Cross the river there. you pay to get the carriage into the boat f 1-0 to cross f 1-5 besides that. 6 Sols for each person. 6 sols a trunk 3 sols a portmantle &. f 1-0 to get the carriage out the boat. taking horses at the other side to Dordrecht 2 leagues Inn at Dordrecht the hotel de Bellevue taking horses at Dordrecht they will cross with you the water before by the place. and an other river at Ysselmonde and bring at the door of the inn at Rotterdam. you better make an agreement with the landlord at Dordrecht that the above horses brings you with your carriage clear of all expences as passage of rivers Barriers Thols and all other duties the fee of the coachman alone for you to pay a duit & duit makes one dutch Stuyver or Sol a Louis is generally worth in Holland f 11 - 4 I say elf guilders and four sols in some places they give two or four sols or Stuyvers more a dutch guilder is twenty Stuyvers or sols which makes about 42 french sols rather something more a Ducat f 5.5. This document gives directions from Antwerp to Belgium from the Loos family company Van Gerd & Loos. Van Gend & Loos was a famous transport and postage company in the 19th century. The Loos family had a massive network of stagecoach services and this document shows their assistance in navigating the complexities of travelling at this time. This document also highlights the monetary chaos of pre-modern Europe highlighting the multi-currency economy describing the traveler dealing with Dutch Guilders Florins Stuyvers and Duits but also needing to know the exchange rate for French Louis gold coins and Ducats. It warns that exchange rates vary in some places showing that money did not have a fixed value across borders or even between cities. This document is in fine condition with dark ink. unknown books

Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten200,00 $≈ 178,33 €

VAN ANTWERP, EdithABAA

Points of the Horse: Translated from the Chinese

1938Best.-Nr. 527345San Mateo California: The Quercus Press 1938. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Foreword by Edith Van Antwerp. Quarto. 4pp. printed rectos only. Sewn yellow-gold wrappers printed in black on front cover. The title page is printed in black type with 'modern horse character' in Chinese framed in bright yellow thick line rule and the colophon prints the 'Archaic horse character' and the 'heiroglyphic horse character 500 B.C.' in Chinese and thanks 'Mr. Patrick Pichi Sun Vice-Consul in San Francisco for the Republic of China for writing the modern horse character that appears on the title page of this book' presumably this statement was by Edith Van Antwerp. Beautifully designed and printed in a small edition "a very few copies have been printed." with a printed calling card and handwritten note from Edith Van Antwerp presenting this copy to Melba Berry Bennett. The engraved card measures 2 7/8 by 2 inches and stating "Mrs. William Clarkson Van Antwerp' with a twelve-line holograph note on recto and verso of card from Edith Van Antwerp to 'Dear Melba' Melba Berry Bennett presenting this book and stating: "Dear Melba - At long last-- here it is! It goes to you with Frances' i.e. Mrs. Theodore Max Lilienthal and my love and thanks for your amiable forbearance when we were in the throes of production. We really think it is pretty good. we hope it will find favor in your eyes. Best Christmas wishes E. V. P." Theodore Max Lilienthal and Leon Gelber established the Gelber-Lilienthal Book Shop in San Francisco in 1924 and a publishing company under the imprint Lantern Press. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Max Lilienthal along with Edith Van Antwerp later established The Quercus Press in San Mateo California. In 1940 they began using the Albion Press that once belonged to William Morris the press was acquired from the estate of Dr. J. W. Bartlett of New York. Melba Berry Bennett poet bibliophile and Robinson Jeffers family friend wrote the authorized biography of Jeffers The Stone Mason of Tor House: The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers which was awarded the California Commonwealth Club's Silver Medal in 1966. She was also associated with The Quercus Press. On April 1 1940 she was one of the supporters of The Quercus Press who pulled the first page that was printed by The Quercus Press on their newly acquired Albion Press that was once owned by Morris and the Kelmscott Press. Edith Van Antwerp's Foreword concludes: ". a very few copies have been printed for a very few people in whose hearts today is this very same ancient love of the horse." A fine copy of a rare publication. OCLC lists a two holdings Huntington Library and Mills College. The Quercus Press unknown books

Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA · Vereinigte Staaten3.750,00 $≈ 3.343,74 €

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