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The Week of the Book with the theme "History" is history again.
Several books have been published ABOUT the history of our country.
Book2CD has published some new CDROMs that ARE history.
Further down in this newsletter I will mention a few.
An important fact in Book2CDs history is that our CDROMs are now also available at the J.Tent Bookstore, Operaplein 2 in Apeldoorn. This way our readers in Apeldoorn now have two options (the first one was Knowledge Centre "De Verdieping" at CODA) to save on shipping costs.
The theme of the historical cafe in CODA at april 7 (starts at 5.30 pm) is Liberation day.
Some new books will be presented to mayor Fred de Graaf.
Besides that we will publish the "Apeldoornse Oorlogskroniek", a co-production between Book2CD and CODA on CDROM. This CDROM contains more information and more photos then the "paper" version.
The presentation will take place in the CODA-cafe and is open to all for free.
You are hereby cordially invited to be present.
You will also be able to view the CDROM on a screen.
The order number of the CDROM is 46234, but it will also be for sale in libraries and many bookstores for $27,50.
The Artfair Tefaf, which was held a while ago in Maastricht, had a remarkable "lost and found" object.
While clearing up, an etching was discovered of which was suspected it was by Rembrandt van Rijn, with a probable value of 80.000 Euro. A dealer had "forgotten" it.
The etching turned out to be made by Dürer and "only" worth 20.000 Euro.
If you are interested in Dürer and want to know who he was and to see a part of his work we can recommend our CDROM. It contains many illustrations which you can eventually print and frame.
The price of this CDROM is only $12,50 (Catalogue number 46028).
Henk Lups wrote about the "Aardrijkskundig Woordenboek" by Van der Aa a nice article in "Ons Erfgoed".
With his permission I hereby citate a part:
"At first one is inclined to say: what is the use of such an old dictionary?
It is an inventory of Dutch councils, cities, villages and especially hamlets.
It is a book with a wealth of background information about Dutch cultural history, infra-structure, nature, environment and sights-to-see.
This book is sometimes usefull to genealogists. If one find ones ancestors, for instance born in "Bergen",
this book teaches us Bergen is not only a village and (former?) council in the province of Limburg, but also a hamlet in Noord Brabant and a village and former manor and council in Noord Holland.
The town of "Buren" can be found in Gelderland but also on the island Ameland.
There is an "Oosthuizen" in Noord Holland NW of Edam and there was a village Oosthuizen on the north side of Ameland. The inhabitants of this village were evacuated because of floods and moved to the hamlet of Buren.
Sometimes one finds names of persons who are supposed to have lived in a certain town, but of which one cannot find a sign in any of the church records. Usually those persons did not belong to the Reformed (state) church.
The following examples illustrate this.
In Mijdrecht the 20 Lutherans that lived there, belonged to the council of Weesp and the Roman catholics belonged to the state of Nederhorst den Berg.
In Oosterwolde for example lived a few Baptists, that were counted among the council of Lippenhuizen, the 7 Roman Catholics that lived there, were counted among the state of Venhuizen.
Schiedam had a united Flemish and Waterlandse Baptist parish, that perished in the middle of the eighteenth century. The remaining Baptists belonged to the same parish as the one in Rotterdam. This also included one or two Remonstrants. Further there were 5200 Roman Catholics.
An overview of all the parish priests is given. While the 5th was in charge, the "Jansenist" separation took place. The "Israelites" belonged to the Ring-Synagogue of Rotterdam and had a by-church in Schiedam.
When we glance through the rest of the book we see that for example in Zuidbroek the Baptists, the Evangelist Lutherans and the Roman Catholics belonged to the Sappemeer church and the Israelities belonged to Hoogezand.
The "Aardrijkskundig Woordenboek" does not only give answers about places and religions, it also accounts for a lot of people"
We express our thanks to Henk Lups for this clarification.
Book2CD has the "Beknopt Aardrijkskundig Woordenboek" by Van der AA in catalogue with the number 45838 for $19,95. The extended dictionary by Van der Aa in 13 volumes is number 45888 for the price of $39,00.
Several new publications by Book2CD of books with a historical importance are:
-Armorial Géneral Illustré
The standard work by J.B. Rietstap in 2 volumes. This well known heraldic reference work describes (in french) many family coats of arms. Mr. Rietstap, originally a dutch heraldist, collected many European coats of arms from books and manuscripts, in the third quarter of the nineteenth century, among these were many Dutch coats of arms, he published those in text form.
For the beginner or intermediate heraldist Armorial général is very worthwhile! Because of the quality and resolution
Armorial Géneral Illustré compiles of 5 CDROMs (order number 46237). Book2CD also has issued a DVD version (order number 46243) This DVD is at a cut price.
-Historical Description of the City of Rotterdam (order number 46235)
This work by the Rotterdam historian C. Van Reyn describes the Rotterdam history as it was known around 1830.
-Ons Voorgeslacht (order number 46232) by W.J. Hofdijk, published from 1859.
Daily life of the every day man and also of those of the more upper society. This double CD contains the whole series of 6 volumes and is abundantly illustrated with several (color) illustrations.
-Manual for Telegraphy and Telephony mechanics (order number 46241)
This book describes the technical operation of telephones in the beginning period of Telephony. The principle of Ohms law and other basic information is being explained very well. But also the practical systems like the Berliner serial extensions, Duplex extensions, etc. A clear exposition for anyone who is interested in telephone connections that still have that grease smell!
Year of publication 1931.
This months new offer is, also because 2005 is the "Year of the Castle":
"Merkwaardige kasteelen in Nederland" (order number 46197)
This book contains descriptions of Castles in the Netherlands with several outstanding color illustrations.
Year of Publication: 1854.
Castles that are being described are:
Castle of Egmond, Castle of Brederode, Castle Torenburcht, Castle of Arckel, Castle Westhoven, Castle of Haemstede, Castle of Aldegonde, Castle of Heusden, Castle of te Gemert, Castle of Montfoort, Castle of IJsselsteyn, Hunting lodge het Loo, Castle Ammersode, The Stins Voerst, Castle of Rechteren, Castle of Coevorden, Castle te Wedde, Castle Ewssum, Castle Lyauckama, Castle ter Coulster, Castle of Muiden,
Castle te Zuylen, Castle Sandenburgh, Castle of Culemborch, The Valkhof, The "Hof of s Gravenhage,
Castle of ter Goude, Castle of Medemblik, Castle Loevestein, Castle of Sluys, Castle te Grave, Castle of Vreeland, Castle Rozendaal, Castle of Wijk bij Duurstede, Castle of Toutenburgh, Hunting Lodge Teylingen, Castle of Schagen and Castle of Buchorst.
Price is from $25,00, now for $15,00
In case you are interested in castles do not forget to look here: www.kastelen.nl or here:
www.jaarvanhetkasteel.nl
On april 23 there is a Manifestation "Genealogy and Computer" in the Rijksarchief in Groningen.
At the stand of "Ons Erfgoed" you can also peruse or purchase the Book2CD CDROMs.
The adress is Cascadeplein 4 in Groningen. Organisation by the N.G.V. department Groningen.
We wish you lots of entertainment with our editions and tips.
In case you have any suggestions for new subjects and/or books to loan/digitize for us (published before 1930) we are eager to hear from you. In any case you can always support us by forwarding this newsletter to possible other interested friends or family members.
Book2CD
Koninginnelaan 16
7315 BSApeldoorn
Welkom@BoekopCD.nl
Tel. 055-5346363
Fax.055-5346364
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