Beschrijving
Collection of works written by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. All bound in uniform attractive half linen 19th/early 20th century bindings, IV volume larger in size, marbled boards, gilt name of author and volume number on spines. First volume. Aantekening op de grondwet tweede uitgave, eerste deel, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1841, xiv,355pp. Second volume: Aantekening op de grondwet, tweede uitgave, tweede deel, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1843, 342pp., Third volume, G.G. van der Hoeven, Parlementaire redevoeringen betreffende het ontwerp der gemeentewet van 1851 en enkele andere onderwerpen, Arnhem, S. Gouda Quint, [1899], 536pp.; Fourth volume: Brief aan een lid der staten van Gelderland over de magt der provinciale staten uit Art. 220 der grondwet, Leiden, P.H. van den Heuvell, 1843, 73pp. (foxed); Over plaatselijke begrooting, Leyden, P.H. van den Heuvell, 1847 (tweede druk); 131pp.; Historische schetsen, tweede druk, 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1872, 191pp.; Bijdrage tot de herziening der grondwet, 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1907, nieuwe uitgave, iv,115pp. Some age staining throughout, In some publications the name of previous owners has been cut out from free endpaper and/or titlepage.
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (14 January 1798 – 4 June 1872) was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that drafted the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1848, amidst the liberal democratic revolutions of 1848. The new constitution transformed the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, with the States General and the Council of Ministers becoming more powerful than the king. The amended constitution also granted individual rights to residents and citizens of the kingdom. This made the constitution one of the more progressive at the time. Thorbecke is generally considered a founding father of the modern political system of the Netherlands.
