Overview blogs

We have written blog posts about a number of books and authors from the collection, such as: the writers with a love for Italy Johan Fabricius and Wim Alings, the travel diary of captain's son Nicolaas Abraham van Rijneveld and the cities that appeal to the imagination, for example Naples and Venice.

Clicking on the title in the list below will take you to the description and the full text.

The blogs are written about:

Wim Alings’ Italy / Lonneke Luijendijk
Alings jr., Wim, Capri, Amore e Poesia, Baarn 1957.
Alings jr., Wim, Napels, stad vol gevallen engelen, Baarn 1958.

Naples through Dutch eyes / Lonneke Luijendijk
Alings jr., Wim, Napels, stad vol gevallen engelen, Baarn 1958.

An Italian fairy tale in the Netherlands / Lonneke Luijendijk
A. van Hoogstraten-Schoch, De vrouwen Baccalare, Amsterdam 1935

The world in books: Johan Fabricius / Anike Van Noort
Fabricius, Johan, Een wereld in beroering: Verdere mémoires (1936-1946) van Johan Fabricius, ‘s-Gravenhage 1952.
Fabricius, Johan, Venetiaansch avontuur, ’s-Gravenhage 1931.
Fabricius, Johan, Leeuwen hongeren in Napels, ’s-Gravenhage 1934.

City of peace / Anike van Noort
Fabricius, Johan, Venetiaansch avontuur, ’s-Gravenhage 1931.

For the reader hungry for Italy / Anike van Noort
Fabricius, Johan, Leeuwen hongeren in Napels, ’s-Gravenhage 1934.

Mussolini’s Italy through the eyes of Pim Pernel / Anike van Noort
Pernel, Pim, Naar het land van Mussolini, ’s-Gravenhage 1926.

Whatever the weather I / Amber Souleymane
Whatever the weather II
Whatever the weather III
Whatever the weather IV
Van Rijneveld, N.A., Reize naar de Middellandsche Zee, Amsterdam 1803.