Author: Ampzing, Samuel
Title: Beschryvinge ende Lof Der Stad Haerlem in Holland.
Description: In Rijm bearbeyd: ende met veele oude ende nieuwe stucken buyten Dicht uyt verscheyde Kronijken, Handvesten, Brieven, Memorien ofte Geheugenissen ende diergelijke Schriften verklaerd ende bevestigd .Door Samuel Ampzing, van Haerlem (1590-1632). Mitsgaders Petri Schriveri Laure-Kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem. Eerste vinder van de Boek-Druckerye. Te Haarlem by Adriaan Rooman, Ordinaris Stads-Boekdrucker 1628. 1 engr. frontisp. by TH.Matham, 2 engr maps of Haarlem, 4 engr. plts and 8 engr. fold. plts off Jan.van der Velde after Pieter Saenredam.84-520-4-124pp. 8vo.l Born to the minister Johannes Ampzing in Haarlem in 1616 Samuel Ampzing became a minister himself at Rijsoord in Strevelshoek and in 1619 at the Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem. In 1617, he began writing a description of Haarlem in poetic form, aided by Petrus Scriverius.Its poetry was printed and published in 1628. This history of the city was not superseded until Pieter Langendijk's nearly a century later. As a foreword to this book, Ampzing wrote a dissertation on the Dutch language, in which he also wrote about the rules of rhetoric; this foreword was also sold separately in 1628 under the title ""Taelbericht der Nederlandsche spellinge" ("Treatise on Dutch spelling"). Later he also wrote an extra "Laurel Wreath to Laurens Janszoon Koster at the end of it. The book includes some plates by Willem Outgertsz Akersloot after designs by Pieter Saenredam.and Jan van de Velde.

Keywords: Haarlem Heemskerk Heemstede Nederland


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