Alle de Copyen van Indagingen, als mede alle de Gedichten Op de Tegenwoordige Tyd toepasselyk
First Edition.
19cm x 11.5cm. 170, 94 pages. Full mottled leather, gilt lettering and decoration, all edges marbled. Text is in Dutch.
A relic of the Utrecht sodomy trials, the large scale persecution of homosexual men in the Netherlands starting in 1730. Without author or publisher, literally the title translated to [All the copies of summonses, as well as all the poems applicable to the present time], listing of men accused of sodomy, with charges and sentences, many of death, accompanied by long moralistic poems on the depravity of the crime. 2 parts in one, the second part, Vervolg op alle de Copyen, being a continuation. This copy with the second part ending at page 94 with the final charge in October of 1730 and ending with the poem by P. Schim. Copies of various sizes are noted of part 2, perhaps indicating different issues, from page 94 to 151 the list continues to 1731, perhaps being issued later.
Corners rubbed. Upper joint cracking but still intact. Old Royal Library of the Netherlands and canceled stamps to half-title. Flyleaves removed. Very Good Condition.
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