Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

362 VALENTIJN, François. Description of Ceylon. (Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien,
1726). Translated and edited by Sinnappah Arasaratnam. London, 1978. Cloth. With
folding map and 13 plates. XV,395 pp. - (Hakluyt Society 149). € 65,00
363 VALENTIJN, François. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige
en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens
eene wydlustige beschryving der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor,
Java .. Suratte .. Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca,
Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa,
Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap de Hoede Hoop en van Mauritius.
Dordrecht, Amsterdam, J. van Braam, G. onder de Linden, 1724-1726.
5 volumes in 8. Folio. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. With engraved frontispiece,
folding portrait of Valentijn, 20 portraits of the Governors-General, 32 maps (many
double-page or folding), 76 engraved illustrations in the text and 209 plates and plans
(many folding or double-page). € 60.000,00
Original edition. - One of the most extensive works on the history of the Far East,
which never can be superseded as many of the documents of which the author made
use, do not longer exist. François Valentijn (1666-1727) was a minister of the Dutch
Reformed Church who lived for many years on Amboyna and Java. During this
period he collected an enormous mass of information, especially in the fields of history,
geography and ethnology, concerning all parts of the world where the VOC was
active: Indonesia, with large parts on Batavia and the Moluccas, Persia, Malacca,
Ceylon, India, Cape of Good Hope, Japan, China and Formosa, etc. The work is profusely
illustrated with 338 fine engraved maps, plans, portraits and spectacular views.
They are engraved by the best artists of the time like F. Ottens, J.C. Philips, G.
Schouten, J. Goeree etc. mostly after designs by M. Balen. Apart from the fine engravings
the work is of particular interest for its cartography. It contains interesting maps
of Australia, probably drawn after manuscript maps now lost. For his descriptions of
the natural history of Amboyna Valentijn used i.a. the unpublished ‘Amboinsch
Dierboek’ by the famous naturalist Rumphius, of which the original manuscript has
been lost. - A superb large paper copy.
Tiele 1121; Cat. NHSM p.502; Landwehr, VOC, 467; Ruinen C 44; Alt-Japan-Katalog
1570; Cordier, Bibl. Japonica (and) Indosinica pp.426-428 (and) pp 927-930; Nissen,
ZBI, 4213; SAB IV, p. 549.
364 VANVUGT, E. De maagd en de soldaat. Koloniale monumenten in Amsterdam
en elders. Amsterdam, Jan Mets, (1998). Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations.
159 pp. € 25,00
365 VANVUGT, E. Een propagandist van het zuiverste water. H.F. Tillema (1870-
1952) en de fotografie van tempo doeloe. Amsterdam, Jan Mets, (1993). 4to.
Wrappers. With many illustrations. 168 pp. € 30,00