Nicolaas Kroese (1905-1971)

The secret of 127. Choc des opinions. Amsterdam, privately published by Nicolaas Kroese Five Flies Anno 1627 (Quinta essentia), n.d. (c. 1968), (67) leaves, original wrapper, 4to. Signed and dated "24-1-1969" in ballpoint on the front cover. Rare vol. with the collected pseudo-scientific ideas of Nicolaas Kroese, for which he asked 100 guilders - with a number of "answers", stencilled sheets with answers to questions about current politics and life, most from 1964, by Nicolaas van Amsterdam (Kroese).

*In 1939, Kroese established the restaurant "D'Vijff Vlieghen", which still exists. This explains the name of his "publishing house".