Though signed as Hugo de Groot (the famous scholar and jurisconsult Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), this satirical pamphlet from 1685 is by an anonymous writer using Grotius name as a pseudonym and using also many other classical names and places (the Parnas, etc.) to denounce the procedures for the nominations and appointments in the last part of 1684 in Dordrecht of the Agten - the representatives of the Guilds - and the sheriff (schout) of Dordrecht Willem Stoop (1656-1701).
The pamphlet gives a lively and very interesting picture of these procedures and difficulties in this year, with the Stadtholder William III, the Court (het Hof) of Holland, Zealand and West-Friesland, the States of Holland and West-Friesland, the burgomaster of Dordrecht Matthaeus van den Broeck and the Oudraad (city council), playing their respective roles.
A reaction from the Orangist side appeared in March: Aenmerkinge op de Missive van Parnas (The Hague, Gidion Backer, 1685; Knuttel, 12402-3).
Untrimmed copy, edges slightly frayed, but overall in good condition. Knuttel, 12399; STCN 851054226(4 copies); Ter Meulen/Diermanse, 1325; Handvesten en Privilegien der Stad Dordrecht, III (Dordrecht, 1790), pp. 1901-1916.