The collection contains a mix of manuscript and print items, some of which are in the hand of Prosper Marchand (1678-1756).

Authors featured in the collection include Voltaire, S.H. Vernede, d’Alibrac, J. Cats, Rhijnvis Feith, P. Boddaert, and H. Poot.

Authors featured in the collection include Voltaire, Elias Annes Borger, Frederik Christiaan de Greuve, J.L. Nierstasz Jr., Hendrik Tollens, William Cowper, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, John Milton, Bas ter Haar Romeny, Thomson, A.J. de Bull, Moore, Petrus Augustus de Génestet, Nicolaas Beets, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Victor Hugo, Jacob van Lennep, Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Willem Bilderdijk, Isaac da Costa, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and B. Hasebroek. There is a table of contents at the front of the collection.

The inscription is a quote from Voltaire and reads: ‘Qui depuis…! Mais alors il etait vertueux. Voltaire.’ The quotation is taken from La Henriade (Chant 8).