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Petrus Conradi, Publisher
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Petrus Conradi, Publisher
Batavia, de Hoofdstaad van Neêrlands O. indien, in derzelver Gelegenheid, Opkomst, Voortreffelyke Gebouwen Hooge en Laage Regeering, Geschiedenissen Kerkzaaken, Koophandel, Zeden, Luchtsgesteldheid, Ziekten, Dieren en Gewassen Beschreeven. Amsterdam: Petrus Conradi, and Haarlem: Volkert van der Plaats, 1782, 1783.
4 vols. in 2, 4° (275 x 217mm). Titles printed in red and black, frontispiece and 13 folding engraved maps, plans and views on 11 leaves, one unnumbered, advertisement leaf in vol. III and IV. (Upper corner cut from vol. II endpaper). Uncut in contemporary half calf gilt, speckled boards (spine ends restored). Provenance: Nederl. Bijbeloenootschap Bibliotheek (ink stamp on endpaper verso and first blank vol. I, endpaper vol. III, shelf label on spines).
RARE FIRST EDITION, containing anonymous descriptions of Batavia and its trade with the Dutch East India Company, with four splendid marine engravings by Mattheus Sallieth, 1779, after Hendrik Kobell from drawings by Johannes Rach, 1772, artist to the VOC. in Indonesia from 1762, and the large folding plan of Batavia engraved by A. van Krevelt, 1780. Haks & Maris p.151, 217; Bastin & Brommer note 22; Landwehr, VOC, 499. (2)
Batavia, de Hoofdstaad van Neêrlands O. indien, in derzelver Gelegenheid, Opkomst, Voortreffelyke Gebouwen Hooge en Laage Regeering, Geschiedenissen Kerkzaaken, Koophandel, Zeden, Luchtsgesteldheid, Ziekten, Dieren en Gewassen Beschreeven. Amsterdam: Petrus Conradi, and Haarlem: Volkert van der Plaats, 1782, 1783.
4 vols. in 2, 4° (275 x 217mm). Titles printed in red and black, frontispiece and 13 folding engraved maps, plans and views on 11 leaves, one unnumbered, advertisement leaf in vol. III and IV. (Upper corner cut from vol. II endpaper). Uncut in contemporary half calf gilt, speckled boards (spine ends restored). Provenance: Nederl. Bijbeloenootschap Bibliotheek (ink stamp on endpaper verso and first blank vol. I, endpaper vol. III, shelf label on spines).
RARE FIRST EDITION, containing anonymous descriptions of Batavia and its trade with the Dutch East India Company, with four splendid marine engravings by Mattheus Sallieth, 1779, after Hendrik Kobell from drawings by Johannes Rach, 1772, artist to the VOC. in Indonesia from 1762, and the large folding plan of Batavia engraved by A. van Krevelt, 1780. Haks & Maris p.151, 217; Bastin & Brommer note 22; Landwehr, VOC, 499. (2)
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