[Album Amicorum. Haastrecht] "Album Amicorum J. Brugman 1783"

Friend album with 83 numbered pages (several missing numbers) 3 of which with drawn contribution and 31 handwritten contributions (1783-1787), ca. 45 empty pages, last 23 pages with handwritten index, finely bound by the "Dissertation Bindery" (Utrecht, 1773-1800) in gilt marbled calf with title, name of the owner and year on the boards, all edges gilt, oblong 8vo (13.5 x 21 cm.).

Marbled endpapers loose, several tie cords broken on inside. For the binding see: Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated bookbinding in the eighteenth century, vol. IIB, p. 814-833. Finely bound album with on page 5 a grisaille with scene of a monument for the friendship "Amicitiae Sacrum" by G. Brugman, on p. 43 a drawing in pen and ink by J. Timmerman and op p. 79 a drawing with allegoric scene by T.T.G (?) van der Willigen (dated Westzaandam 1806). A conspicuous number of contributions were written in Haastrecht, additionally the places Bovenkarspel, Enkhuizen, Leiden, Opperdoes, Utrecht and Zeist appear. Additionally, the following names appear: A. and B. Ledeboer, G.J. ter Braak, B.V. Marken, A. van der Goes, J. Houtam, A.C.L. Bruins, A.H. Eickma, G.J. Zollikofer, D. Hendricksz. J. de Jongh de Jonghe, H.E. van den Kerkhoff, H. de Heer, A.V. Velden, G.H. Pauw, A.G. Gunter, Seb. Corns. van Nooten, J. Clarisse, G.H. van Loon, P.P. van Eyken, Jan Kiers, H. van Zadelhoff, C.W.P. Hugenholtz and J.J.R. Wilree.