Cornelis van der Aa (

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, 22 October 1749

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, 1816) was a bookseller in

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when he was sentenced in 1796 by the schepenen of the city to five years of imprisonment and consecutive perpetual exile from the department in

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for political reasons as he was a follower of the

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s. At the end of 1799, he was released and settled in

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as a bookseller. From then on until his death in 1816 in

, where he moved to later on, he spent his time writing books.

Works

*''Handboekje der Vaderlandsche Geschiedenissen'', Dordrecht 1804, 6 parts, 12o. *''Geschiedenis van den jongstgeëindigden oorlog, tot op het sluiten van den vrede te Amiens'', Amsterdam 1808, 10 parts, illustrated, gr. 8o. *''De Geschiedenis der Vereenigde Nederlanden en derzelver buitenlandsche bezittingen'', Dordrecht 1811, 25 parts, illustrated, kl. 8o. *''Geschiedenis van het leven, karakter en lotgevallen van Willem V. Prins van Oranje en Nassau'', Franeker 1810, 5 parts with portraits, gr. 8o. *''De doorluchtige Vorsten uit den Huize van Oranje-Nassau en derzelver uitmuntende daden'', Amsterdam 1814, gr. 8o. *''De Tirannijen der Franschen in den jare 1747, 1785-1813 in de Nederlanden gepleegd'', Amsterdam 1814, kl. 8o. *''Verslag van de gebeurtenissen in Amsterdam en Woerden in November en December 1813'', Amsterdam 1814, 2 booklets, gr. 8o.

References

* 1749 births 1816 deaths 19th-century Dutch historians Writers from Leiden Dutch booksellers {{Netherlands-writer-stub