KOLLEWIJN,R.A.- A collection of 18 (& 12) brochures and pamflets concerning Dutch orthography. 1893-1967. The main subject is the 'Vereenvoudigde spelling' or 'Spelling Kollewijn'. This was a proposal for a modernization of the spelling of Dutch, developed by R.A. Kollewijn (1857-1942). The brochures and pamphlets are for the greater part written by advocates of the new spelling, united in the 'Vereniging tot Vereenvoudiging van onze Schrijftaal'. Added: 7 small brochures on the spelling reform of 1934, the so called 'Spelling Marchant'. Also added 5 later publications, among which 'Het Nederlandse spellingdrama' (1967). (Some frontcovers are detached and chipping)
Book number: 156908 Euro 30.00

Keywords: Dutch history, Dutch linguistics, Niederländische Sprachwissenschaft, Orthographie, niederländische Geschichte, orthography, spelling