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Asia]. Valentyn, F. [Asia]. Valentyn, F. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens eene wydlustige beschryvinge der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor, Java, en alle de Eylanden onder dezelve landbestieringen behoorende (...). Als ook (...) van Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Melabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap der Goede Hoop en van Mauritius. Dordr./ Amst., J. van Braam/ G. onder de Linden, in , engr. frontisp., fold. portrait of the author, dedic. leaf, (large) (fold.) maps (incl. the large maps of Java consisting of leaves), plans, plates, portraits and views (often on (counted as ), (and textills., fold. letterpress tables, (early) 20th cent. gilt hcalf, folio. - Occas. textleaves (sl.) foxed/ sl. browned; portrait sm. unobtrusive closed tear and sl. dampstained in top margin; one plate sl. stained in margin; one minor map sm. inkstain in image and sl. waterstained in blank margin. A fine set, with the maps and plates in remarkably fine condition. = Landwehr, VOC Tiele Alt Japan Katalog Cordier, Japonica Cordier, Indosinica Cat. NHSM I, Mendelssohn IV, p. Von Hünersdorff/ Hasenkamp I, p. Rouffaer/ Muller p.of the most extensive works and the main old source on the Dutch East Indies with many documents, partly lost by now. Also containing important descriptions of i.a. Cape of Good Hope, China, Japan and Ceylon and voyages to Australia with interesting maps. For the description of the history of Amboina Valentyn used the unpublished and lost manuscript "Amboinsch Dierboek" by Rumphius. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII. Call for price