Beschrijving
‘s-Gravenhage/Amsterdam, De gebroeders van Cleef/Johannes van der Hey en Zoon, 1832. Contemporary half leather with gilt lettering on spine (spine damaged on top and bottom), engraved portrait-frontispiece (P. Velyn) and titlepage by J. Smids/P. Velyn, XLIV+ 220+204+(4) pages. Three folding plates: Danklied der schooljongens in het Burger-weeshuis te Amsterdam + "Naamteekeningen" double-folding table with signatures of the crew members that perished in the explosion+Geslachtlijst van Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk. Waterstain to portrait and titlepage, name cut out from portraitpage and first page, Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 – 5 February 1831), was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries.