Vies de Gouverneurs Generaux, avec l’Abrege de l’Histoire des Etablissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales
The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, c. 1763. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands with gilt ruled decoration throughout. Title on red Morocco label on 2. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Gilt dentelles on top and front edges. , Notes: Text is in French. This is an illustrated history of the Dutch East India Company, with descriptions of the lives of all 28 Dutch Governor-Generals from Pieter Both, appointed in 1609, to Jacob Mossel, appointed in 1752. The end of the book contains a fascinating treatise on the condition of the Dutch East Indies by the late Governor-General Gustaaf Willem Baron Imhoff. He confronts the fact that the Dutch East Indies had been on the decline for the past fifty years and gives some suggestions as to how it could be rejuvenated. Jakob or Jacobus, van der Schley (1715-1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733) whose style he subsequently copied. Signed in ink by Rene Cantoni who gave this work as a gift in 1940. , Size: 4to (278x211mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with 34 maps (28 folded), plans and views of Southeast Asia (Includes other areas like the Dutch East Indies, Ceylon, Formosa, Australia, and Cape of Good Hope) by Jacobus van der Schley and are based on Bellin’s charts. , Category: Book Asia South East; Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe Benelux; Book History. A fine and handsome example. Item #B5181
Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands with gilt ruled decoration throughout. Title on red Morocco label on 2. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Gilt dentelles on top and front edges. , Notes: Text is in French. This is an illustrated history of the Dutch East India Company, with descriptions of the lives of all 28 Dutch Governor-Generals from Pieter Both, appointed in 1609, to Jacob Mossel, appointed in 1752. The end of the book contains a fascinating treatise on the condition of the Dutch East Indies by the late Governor-General Gustaaf Willem Baron Imhoff. He confronts the fact that the Dutch East Indies had been on the decline for the past fifty years and gives some suggestions as to how it could be rejuvenated. Jakob or Jacobus, van der Schley (1715-1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733) whose style he subsequently copied. Signed in ink by Rene Cantoni who gave this work as a gift in 1940. , Size: 4to (278x211mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with 34 maps (28 folded), plans and views of Southeast Asia (Includes other areas like the Dutch East Indies, Ceylon, Formosa, Australia, and Cape of Good Hope) by Jacobus van der Schley and are based on Bellin’s charts. , Category: Book Asia South East; Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe Benelux; Book History.
Price: $5,500.00