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Poetry in context: ancient history and the Austrian War of Succession by a successful Dutch poet

HAREN, Willem van.
Verzameling van gedichten, van, voor en tegen Jr. Willem van Haren, Grietman op Het Bildt: en wegens de Provincie van Vriesland gecommitteerden in het collegie van de Edele Hoog Mog. Heeren Staaten Genaraal der Vereenigde Nederlanden, enz. enz. enz.

With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; <B>added</B>: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's <I>Vier uitmuntende gedigten</I> (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border.

With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; <B>added</B>: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's <I>Vier uitmuntende gedigten</I> (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border.

With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; <B>added</B>: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's <I>Vier uitmuntende gedigten</I> (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border.

With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; <B>added</B>: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's <I>Vier uitmuntende gedigten</I> (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border.

With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; <B>added</B>: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's <I>Vier uitmuntende gedigten</I> (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border.



(Utrecht, voor de Compagnie, 1742). 4 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary calf with gilt and blind-stamped borders on both sides, blind corner pieces, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, red painted edges. With portrait of the author with poem underneath ('Ex amore libertatis'; 172 x 105mm) and allegorical 'frontispiece' on 'Hollands Vryheidt', by Laignel after A. Houbraken (151 x 91 mm) mounted on two fly-leaves; added: 2 portraits of Maria Theresia by Jan Ladmiral after Jan Bapt. Vanitri and Baron Van Imhoff, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies by A. Olofson after G. Sibersma, and 7 engraved plates, 6 of which folding, including 4 plates from W. van Haren's Vier uitmuntende gedigten (Muller 3817-19 and 3821), all on the Austrian War of Succession, a folding engraved plate with three armed men (one of them Alexander the Great?) in an army tent, a full-page engraved allegorical plate 'desolate kercof voor de Previlegi', and a large folding allegorical plate of the Peace of Breslau, 11 June 1742: 'Het zinnebeeldige Vreedepaleys beschouwt, wegens het sluiten der Vreede tusschen ... Ongarien, en Pruissen ...' (240 x 307 mm); all printed pages within a woodcut decarated border. (2), 364 pp. Collation: x1, A-H2, x1, I-2B2, 2x1, 2C-2Q2, 3x1, 2R-4X2.

With:
(2) VERSAMELING van brieven, extracten en resolutien; raakende het verkiesen van de zes Generaals, en 't aanstellen van Zyn Hoogheid als Lieutenant Generaal, met de Protestatien daar tegen. No place, no printer, no date. (8), 3, (8), 4, 7, (3), 24 pp.

Collected poems of Willem van Haren (1710-1768), 'Grietman' of the Frisian region Het Bilt, brother of Onno Zwier van Haren and confidant of the Stadtholder Willem IV, together with laudatory poems and poems against Van Haren, published and printed by a number of the Utrecht publishers, including probably Willem Kroon, Pieter Muntendam, Johannes Evelt en Etienne Neaulme.
The collection opens with Van Haren's famous poem Leonidas, after Herodotus' book VII, published separately in the same year, together with translations in French and Latin. The poem, seemingly treating an episode from ancient history, is in reality an appeal to the Dutch government to support Maria Theresia of Austria during the Austrian War of Succession (1740-48). The poem had an incredible success: within a few days thousands and thousands of copies had been sold. Many laudatory, including one from Voltaire!, and satirical poems followed, including poems by 'Patriot', G.S., 'Yver', R. Blok, 'Pro Patria et Libertate', R. Agricola, J.S., Willem Henskes, J.T. la Fargue, 'Uit zucht tot vrijheid', 'Finis cornat opus', J. W. Pruys and others. As a result the States General decided to send 20.000 men in support of Maria Theresia in defending the Southern Netherlands against France.

The collection includes the poem Leonidas (pp. 1-7) and its subsequent poems by 'Patriot', one of Van Haren's adversaries and Van Haren's answers (pp. 8-32); the first continuation (pp. 35-102) includes: Van Haren's 'Gezang aan het Vereenigde Nederland' (pp. 35-42), 'Rhythimologia Belgica in Augustam Vindobonam' by R. Agrocola (pp. 45-46); 'Proeve van eene overzettinge  uit Polybius ...' (pp. 62-67); 'Kool voor raapen, opgedist in de keukens van nyut en eigenbaat ...' by Jochum Jaspers van Heythuys (pp. 97-102); the second continuation (pp. 103-157): 'Mavors in een mistige morgenstond, of Europa i9n Nood ...' (pp. 103-9),  'Vertaalinge van zeker geschrift, in het Fransch uitgegeven, onder den naam van Reflexion impartiale. Benevens aanmerkingen' (pp. 135-47); the third continuation (pp. 161-364): the Latin and French translations of Leonidas (pp. 161-72), 'Kallistratus' (pp. 192-8), Van Haren's 'Lof der Vrede (pp. 219-41), 'Filippus, koning van Macedonie; of ondergang van Griekenland' by J.T. la Frague (pp. 251-74), and 'Bladwyzer der gedichten' (pp. 363-4).

Ad 2: Extracts from the Resolutions of the States General (1739) and the States of Friesland (1742) (pp. (3-8); Extract of The States General, 1742 (pp. 1-3); Extract States of Friesland, 8 Sept. 1742, 'Missive van den Prince van Orange to the States General', idem, 7 Oct. 1742 (pp. (1-8)); Extract 'Landdag 1742 at Arnhem (pp. 1-4); 'Advysen der quartieren Nymeegen, de Graafschap Zutphen ...' (pp. 1-7); 'Missive geschreven door een voorstander van Waare vryyheidt ... aangaande 't Capitein Generaalschap ...' (pp. (1-3); 'Missive en aanspraak met derzelver antwoorden, door de Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland en derzelver gedeputeerden, gadaan aan de Provintie van Utrecht, en de steden Dordrecht en den Briel', dated 28 March 1742 - 6 Febryary 1743.

Good copy of the first edition of this collection, different from the former collections.-  (Frontispiece and portrait of the author mounted).
Kalma p. 26; Kruseman, Aant. betr. den boekhandel van Noord-Nederland (1893), p.564; Vieu-Kuik, 'De gebroeders Van Haren', in: Geschiedenis van de letterkunde der Nederlanden, 6 (1975); Van Vloten, Leven en werken van W. en O.Z. van Haren, Friesche edellui (1874); Te Winkel V, p.356; NNBW 8, cols. 689-93; Scheepers II, 136a (without the plates); Muller, Historieprenten, 3817-19, 3821.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Classical Antiquity  Habsburg  Literature  Poetry  Zwolle 

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