Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

Enlightment views on colonial and Indian society (Coolhaas p.66-67). He witnessed
the Dutch East India Company's death agony and demise, and wrote about it. He has
a lively and compelling manner (Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the Indies, p.21). - (Plates
missing).
Tiele 433; Cf. Cat. NHSM I, p.243; Landwehr, VOC, 347; Goonetileke 2192; De
Silva, Dutch Ceylon, pp.461-462.
69 HAAFNER, Jacob. Reize in eenen palanquin; of lotgevallen en merkwaardige
aanteekeningen op eene reize langs de kusten Orixa en Choromandel. 2e druk.
Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, (1809).
2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Original boards. X,260; IV,289,(1) pp. € 95,00
First published in 1808. - Travels on the coasts of Orissa and Coromandel in 1808.
Jacob Haafner (1755-1809) 'witnessed the Company's death agony and demise, and
wrote about it. He has a lively and compelling manner. Haafner, whose name was
spelled Hafner originally, was a German by birth who had joined his father, a surgeon,
in the service of the Dutch East India company' (Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the
Indies, p.21). - (Plates missing).
Tiele 434; Cf. Cat. NHSM I,p. 243; Landwehr, Col. Pl., 296; Landwehr, VOC, 348.
70 HAAFNER, Jacob. Reize in eenen palanquin; of lotgevallen en merkwaardige
aanteekeningen op eene reize langs de kusten Orixa en Choromandel. 2e druk.
Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1827.
2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, with red morocco title label
to spines With 2 engraved titles, 3 folding plates and 4 (of 5 ) hand-coloured costume
plates after J. Haafner by R. Vinkeles. X,260; IV,289,(1) pp. € 195,00
First published in 1807. - Travels on the coasts of Orissa and Coromandel in 1808.
Jacob Haafner (1755-1809) 'witnessed the Company's death agony and demise, and
wrote about it. He has a lively and compelling manner. Haafner, whose name was
spelled Hafner originally, was a German by birth who had joined his father, a surgeon,
in the service of the Dutch East India company' (Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the
Indies, p.21).
Tiele 434; Cf. Cat. NHSM I,p. 243; Landwehr, Col. Pl., 296; Landwehr, VOC, 348.
71 HAAFNER, Jacob. Reize te voet door het eiland Ceilon. 2e druk. Haarlem,
A.C. Kruseman, (1852).
Sm.8vo. Original boards. LX,263 pp. € 75,00
First published in 1810. - A journey on foot through Ceylon in 1810 from
Jaffnapatnam to Colombo. - (Plates missing).
Tiele 435; Cf. Cat. NHSM I, p.242; Landwehr, Col. Pl., 298; Landwehr, VOC, 350;
Goonetileke 2191; De Silva, Dutch Ceylon, pp.461-462..