[Haarlem] Ritsema, Egbert (1795-1879). Series of volumes containing manuscript notes on Haarlem

Compiled in the late 19th cent. 17 vols. in two varying hands w. varying numbers of pages, each dedicated to a different aspect of the city. With loosely inserted/ mounted related newspaper clippings and pages (some in later additions), sm. publications, printed and manuscript documents. Orig. unif. hcl. w. manuscript title-labels on spines. 4to.

One volume (Haarlemmers) includes a loosely inserted manuscript bifolium annotated in the same hand as earlier annotations (ending abrubtly around 1879 in several volumes). Attached is a slip inscribed: "Gebouw der Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen in de Zijlstraat te Haarlem. Aanteekeningen van Egbert Ritsema, Theaurier der Maatschappij". This neat and composed manuscript on Haarlem comprises notes on Gebouwen en Stallen, Wegen en omstreken, Haarlemmers, Groote Kerk, Begraafplaatsen, Pleinen & Vaarwaters, Scholen, Kerken, Dempen van Grachten, Godshuizen en Gestichten, Instellingen, Fabrieken, Groote Houtpoort, Sterfgevallen, Poorten en Bruggen, Villa's. Koekamp, Aarden Wallen. Bolwerk. Added in unif. binding: A. van der Linde, De Haarlemsche Costerlegende wetenschappelijk onderzocht, 1870. (total 18)