Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

275 PLACAT FOR KONGERIGET DANMARK, angaaende afgiftsfrihed i aarene
1823, 1824 og 1825 for indenlandske producter, fom udfores til de Dansk-
Vestindiske oer. Kiobenhavn, Jens Hoftrup Schultz, 1823-24.
2 pamphlets. 4to. (4), (4) pp. € 95,00
Two printed proclamations dealing with the Danish West India Compagny.
276 PLAN DE LA VILLE ET DU CHATEAU DE BATAVIA EN L’ISLE DE JAVA.
Ware afbeeldinge wegens het casteel ende stadt Batavia gelegen opt groot eylant
Java. Leide, Pierre van der Aa, (1729).
Engraved plan of Batavia with ships lying in the road, with coat of arms, legend and
scroll, in the righthand corner a panoramic view of the city. Ca. 26,5 x 35,5 cm.
€ 450,00
From: Pieter van der Aa. Galérie agréable du monde. - Fine decorative plan of Batavia
after Clemendt de Jonghe.
Brommer, Batavia, BAT K25; Feith 14; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 20.
277 PLANCHET, J.M. Documents sur les martyrs de Péking pendant la persécution
des boxeurs. Pékin, Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1923. Original printed wrappers (spine
repaired). With maps and illustrations. VII,459 pp. € 125,00
278 PLANTATIONS ON GRENADA AND TOBAGO. - Achste coupon. Op den
1. Mey 1782 zal door Mr. Hendrik vander Mey Justuszoon, als directeur eener
negociatie van 275000,- op vier plantagien, in de eilanden Grenada en Tobago,
tegen intrekking van dit coupon, betaald worden 50,- Hollandsch. ‘s Gravenhage,
den 1. Mey 1774.
Denomination, signed by Vander Mey. Ca. 5 x 20,5 cm. € 65,00
279 PORTER, Robert Ker. Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden during the
years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. 2nd edition. London, John Stockdale, 1813.
2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary half calf. With portrait, 12 sepia washed views (1
folding) and 28 aquatint costume plates (2 folding) by J.C. Stadler after the author.
XI,(1),303; VIII,296 pp. € 2.250,00
Robert Ker Porter (1775-1842), English traveller and artist, went to Russia as historical
painter to the tsar for the first time in 1804. He there gained the affections of the
Princess Mary, the daughter of Prince Theodor von Sherbatov. He travelled in Finland
and to Sweden where in 1806 he received a knighthood from Gustavis IV. In 1808 he
accompanied Sir John Moore to Spain, and in 1811-1812 returned to Russia to mary
his Princess. He was knighted by the Prince Regent in 1813. In 1817 Porter travelled
back to St. Petersburg’ (Howgego II, p.488). ‘A man of the most varied attainments,
Porter was justly described as ‘distinguished alike in arts, in diplomacy, in war, and in
literature’. He was a splendid horseman, excellent in field sports, and possessed the art