Netherlands -- Politics and government -- 1714-1795 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800

In verse. Signed on page [6] by J. van Royen, and dated MDCCLXXXVI. Imprint from colophon. Engraving on page [3] (depicting a war scene, showing a cloaked female holding a helmet and shaking a king's hand; the lion of Holland brandishing seven arrows standing next to the woman) is unsigned.

In verse. Signed at end: That is right! and, of course, the truth, Amsterdam, 6 Nov. 1782.

van een waare Amsterdammer burger, aan zyne doorluchtige hoogheid, Neerlands erfstadhouder, Willem de Vyfde, prince van Orange en furst te Nassau, &c. &c. &c. op hoogdezelve zyne 34. verjaardag den 8 Maart, 1782 …In Verse.

: met een slot-zang aan onzen stadhouder, bekend onder den naam van: prins Willem de Vyfde. Frank de Vry is pseudonym of Pieter Vreede. Dated at the end "Amst. 1783", and signed with the motto "Vrank en vry."

Poem. "Burger Vermeulen" was one of the leaders of an Orange riot in The Hague, and then fled to Kleve. Fleurons appear throughout, tail-piece with fleurons in a triangular shape. Dated at the end "12/26 1783", and signed by A.Q.O.P.

Hoogh. Prins Willem den Vyfden, onderdrukten stadhouder, der Vereenigde Nederlanden. In verse. Letter from Jean The Francq van Berkhey to his Highness Prince William V.

by de herstelling van den Raed pensionaris Mr. P. van Blyswyk, en de waerneming van dit ambt ad interim door den ... heere W. Th. Baron van der Does, Heere van beide de Noordwyken. Also contains: Toewying aan den wel ed. groot-achtbaeren heere Mr. Joachim Rendorp, Vryheer van Marquette. In verse. Attributed to J. Le Francq van Berkhey. Lyric song, addressed to the high powers (the States) on the occasion of the convalescence of Mr. P. van Blyswyk and the management of his office by W. Th. Baron van der Does, lord of Noordwyk.

Consists of two poems, the first signed (page 7): J. Nucella. "Onomastichon, of, Naam-vers po de uitvaart van Zyn Eminentie de cardinaal, de Fleury ..."--Page [8] at end.

Consists of five short poems. Against a defamatory libel about the House of Orange.

On the Doelisten movement. "In de gekroonde Raap. Schrik van mantels en beffen! Te koop en te huur"--Page [23]-24. Fictitious places without the name of a printer or publisher.