Cornelis van der Aa

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Cornelis van der Aa (1749-1815)

Cornelis van der Aa , (born October 22, 1749 in Leiden , † October 26, 1815 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch bookseller and writer.

Cornelis van der Aa was first a bookseller in Haarlem . In 1796 he was sentenced by the city aldermen for political reasons - he was a follower of the governors - to five years in prison and subsequent permanent banishment from Holland . At the end of 1799 he was released and established himself as a bookseller in Utrecht . As a result, he worked here and later in Amsterdam, where he moved in 1807, as an author of historical works about his home country.

Works

  • Beknopt Handboekje of the Vaderlandsche Geschiedenissen , 6 vols., Amsterdam 1800–1803.
  • Geschiedenis van den jongst geeindigden oorlog, tot op het sluiten van den vrede te Amiens , 10 vols., Amsterdam 1802-1808.
  • De Geschiedenis der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en derzelver buitenlandsche bezittingen , 6 vols., Amsterdam 1804–1810, reprint 25 vols., Dordrecht 1811.
  • Geschiedenis van het leven, charachter en lotgevallen van Willem V. Prins van Oranje en Nassau , 5 vols., Amsterdam 1806–1809.
  • De doorluchtige vorsten uit den huize van Oranje-Nassau en derzelver uitmundende daden , Amsterdam 1814.
  • De tyrannyen der Franschen in den jaaren 1747, 1795–1813 in de Nederlanden gepleegd , Amsterdam 1814.
  • Verslag van de gebeurtenissen in Amsterdam en Woerden in November en December 1813 , 2 vols., Amsterdam 1814.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ So Rutgers van der Loeff: Aa, Cornelis van der . In: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Vol. 1 (1911), Col. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Aa, Cornelis van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch bookseller and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1815
Place of death Amsterdam