76/1769 Boekhorst, F. te (1st half 19th cent.). Handboek. 1839. Strijen, 1839, 252,(6, 3(index))p., manuscript in pen and black ink and 6 maps (worldmap, continents and The Netherlands) and 1 plate in pen and col. ink, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Upper hinge almost broken, otherwise fine.

= With (autograph?) dedication on first free endpaper: "ten geschenke van: Fr. te Boekhorst, 1838-1840. Strijen, 17 April 1861." Attractive compendium of useful/ required knowledge. The manuscript covers the following subjects: History (i.e. biblical history up to ±1818); natural history; geography; linguistics; arithmetics, paedagogics and education; psychology. The works end w. 2 pages on the Basque people ("Een der merkwaardigste volksstammen, die het tegenwoordige Europa bewonen, zijn de zoogenaamde Basken, of Vasken").