Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... - DWC

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gether with the material collected by him in the Dutch East Indies, were bequeathed
during his lifetime to the Zool. Mus., Amsterdam. His collection on
Cleridae comprises ca. 1200 species in ca. 17.000 exx.; his collection of
separates of Cleridae in libr. Dutch En tom. Soc. Everts 1922, p. XII; Gedenkboek
Amsterdam 1932, p. 511; Vakbl. Biol. XXXII, 1952, p. 123 (death
notice); L.F. de Beaufort 1953: Joh.B. Corporaal, in: Vakbl. Biol. XXXIII,
p. 1127; P. van der Wiel 1953: In Memoriam Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal, in:
Tijdschr. Entom. XCI, p. 1-7 (portr, and bibliogr.); Entom. Ber. XIV, 1952,
p. 97' 98, 304.
328. COSIJN, Adrianus - 13 Oct. 1806 Gouda - 10 Sept. 1887 's-Gravenhage,
"Inspecteur bij de marine" (Inspector of the navy).
Naturalia of the East and West Indies, In 1905 his collection, containing
thousands of shells etc., was given by his daughters E.M. and H.L. Cosijn to
the RMNH. Gijzen 1938, p. 160, 163; Annual Report RMNH Oct. 1905.
329. COURT, del - Widow of a cloth-dyer.
Possessed a cabinet of shells and other rarities. Uffenbach 1754, III, p.
649 (Frau del Court, v. 1711).
330. COURT, Petronella de la - bapt. 25 Aug. 1624 Leiden - 22 March 1707
Amsterdam. Widow of Adam Oortmans (died 11 April 1684), a wealthy brewer.
She possessed a numerous collection of rarities, mother of pearl, carved
stones, shells, birds, dried flowers and also drawings of flowers and birds.
Inventory Notary Pieter Outgers 2 May 1707. Announcement of auction 3, 5 and
27 Oct. 1707: Amsterdamsche Courant 1 and 24 Sept., 8 Oct. 1707 (shells and
red coral). Van Seters 1958, p. 205, 212, 214, 218; I.H. van Eeghen 1960:
Het poppenhuis van Petronella de la Court, in: Maandbl. Amstelodamum XLVII,
p. 159-167; 196-198. See also Oortmans.
331. COURT VAN DER VOORT, Pieter de la - 21 May 1664 Leiden - 12 Sept.
1739 Leiden. A well-to-do textile merchant. Owner of the "Ridderhostede"
(Mansion) "Meerburg" near Leiden, where he developed the ananas-culture and
cultivated many rare plants.
Driessen 1927: two pictures of the menagerie at the mansion "Meerburg" near
Leiderdorp (removed 1824); Haller 1883, p. 43, 112. NNBW VII, col. 337; van
Gool: Nederlandsche Kunstschilders I, p. 193; Elias 1963, II, p. 823-824;
Overvoorde, in: Bijdr. en Mededel. Hist. Gen. XLVII, p. 262. Pieter de la
Court van der Voort is the author of "Bijzondere Aenmerkingen over het aanleggen
van pragtige en gemeene landhuizen, lusthoven, plantagien en aenklevende
cieraeaen" (Leiden 1737, Amsterdam 1763, Utrecht 1766). French
transl.: "Les agrements de la Campagne" (Leiden 1750). This work is a milestone
in the Dutch horticulture and garden-architecture.
332. CRAB, Petrus van der - 28 March 1827 Amsterdam - 2 Jan. 1895 Loenen
aan de Vecht. 1861-1862 Deputee Governor of the Moluccas; Resident of Ternate
(1863), Ambon (1866) and Menado (1871-1874).