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FREDERIKSOORD -- DE STAR, een tijdschrift, uitgegeven van wege de Permanente Kommissie der Maatschappij van Weldadigheid. 1e dl., 1e stuk. Amst., J. van der Hey, 1819. (8), 549 pp. W. 2. handcold. costume plates, 1 fold. handcold. map of India & 4 fold. tables. Cont. hcf.
Rare first part of the first volume of this monthly magazine, published by the 'Permanente Commissie van de Maatschappij van Weldadigheid', mainly by the founder (Johannes van den Bosch) and the secretary (Willem Anthonie Ockerse), to inform the donors what the 'Maatschappij' spent their money on. At the beginning of the 19th century, a large-scale social experiment took place in the United Netherlands, with the purpose to end poverty. Since 1818, the 'Maatschappij van Weldadigheid' buys up large, uncultivated tracts of land. Seven Colonies of 'Weldadigheid' were established there in seven years. The publication of the magazine ends in 1826 after the death of Ockerse. In 2007 'De Star' is revived by the former director Jan Mensink a.o.€ 150
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