Lot 27. DU BOIS, J.P.J.

Includes information on Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). ‘… the origin of the United Provinces (Netherlands) Company, its first commercial treaties, the foundation of Batavia, the two memorable sieges of that town, the conquests by the Dutch of the Moluccas, Amboine, Banda, Macassar, Ceylon, Malabar, &c., their wars, alliances, progress, disasters, the loss of Formosa, the rebellion of the islanders of Amboine, Macassar, and Java, the disputes of the Company with European nations, the rising and massacre of the Chinese in Batavia, and in general all the events, public or private, worthy of remark relative to the affairs of the Indies during a period of 150 years…’ (Landwehr). Contains maps, plans and views of Amboina, Australia, Banda, Batavia, Celebes, Ceylon, Cochin, Java, Moluccas, Nagasaki, Ternate. The small second part consists of the Considerations sur l’etat present de la Compagnie Hollandoise des Indes Orientales, Relativement a la Navigation, a son Commerce & a son Gouvernement; & sur les moyens de remedier aux causes de sa decadence by G.G. Baron d’Imhoff.

First edition. 2 parts in one vol., 4to, iv, 351, [i], 48pp., title printed in red and black, 34 engraved plates, maps and plans (mostly folding), engraved portrait vignettes in text, fine French contemporary mottled calf, edges red, corners worn, joints just cracked but sound, label chipped, light spotting to title, a very good copy.

[Landwehr VOC, 1502; Cordier BI, 1489; Mendelssohn I, p489. ]