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Richly illustrated journey of Nicholas II of Russia through Asia

UKHTOMSKY (UCHTOMSKIJ), Esper Esperovich and Hermann BRUNNHOFER (translator). Orientreise seiner kaiserlichen Hoheit des Grossfürsten-Thronfolgers Nikolaus Alexandrowitsch von Russland, 1890-1891.
Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1894-1899. 2 volumes. 4to. With engraved portrait of Nicholas, 7 photogravures, 541 wood engravings after drawings and photographs and 5 chromolithographed maps. Publisher's cloth, richly blocked in black, gold and grey, gilt edges. [4], 476; [4], 482 pp. Full description
€ 8,500
Austria Balkan & Greece Central Europe China Eastern Europe Egypt India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Italy North Africa Russia (incl. Siberia) Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages East Asia Travel & Voyages Europe Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Southern Asia
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Fine set of one of the most important early works on the East Indies, with 2 extra plates

VALENTIJN, François. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën.
Dordrecht, etc., J. van Braam, etc., 1724-1726. Folio. 5 parts in 8 vols. Engr. frontispiece, folding engr. portrait, engr. dedication, 8 folding tables, 289 engr. plates , 2 extra double-page engr. plates. Modern half calf. Together ca. 3500 pp. Full description
€ 25,000
Anthropology & Ethnography Ceylon India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Shells & other Invertebrates Southeast Asia Southern Africa VOC
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Beautifully illustrated work on Indonesia, with lithographed plates

VELDE, Charles William Meredith van de. Gezigten uit Neêrlands Indië, naar de natuur geteekend en beschreven.
Amsterdam, Frans Buffa en Zonen (printed by C.A. Spin), [1844-45]. Large folio (52 x 35 cm). With woodengraved view of the Palace at Buitenzorg on title, signed by P. Lauters and W. Brown, and 50 full-page lithographed views and plates (ca. 22 x 31 cm) by P. Lauters after the designs by the author. Contemporary green half morocco. [8], 87, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 14,000
Art & Art History City Plans, Topography & Views Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Southeast Asia
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Three "attestaties de vita" (life certificates) for a single employer who served the Dutch (1805),
French (1811) and British (1814) governments of the East Indies

VERMEULEN, Adriaan Theodoor. [Three original manuscript documents (Attestaties de Vita)]
Serambang & Soerabaya (Indonesia) , 1805, 1811 & 1814. Folio & 4to. Three manuscript certificates, written in ink on paper, folded. 1; 1; 1 pp. Full description
€ 2,250
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Law & Politics Manuscripts & Documents VOC Wine / Viticulture
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The ill-fated voyages of two East Indiamen

[VOC - SHIPWRECK & PIRACY]. Twee-rampspoedige zee-reyzen, den enen ... met een Fransch Oost Indiesch Compagnie-schip, genaamt Le Prince, ... Den anderen, met het Hollandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie schip, genaamt Rustenwerk, ...
Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, [1752 or soon after]. 4to. With 2 etched plates. Disbound. [2], 37, [1] pp. Full description
€ 2,250
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Southeast Asia Travel & Voyages Asia Travel & Voyages Southeast Asia VOC
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Two East Indiamen, including a Dutch VOC-ship, defeated by fate

[VOC - SHIPWRECK & PIRACY]. Twee-rampspoedige zee-reyzen, den enen ... met een Fransch Oost Indiesch Compagnie-schip, genaamt Le Prince, ... Den anderen, met het Hollandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie schip, genaamt Rustenwerk, ...
Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, [1752 or soon after]. 4to. With 2 etched plates, the publisher's woodcut BM cypher monogram on the title-page, a woodcut tailpiece and 2 woodcut decorated initials. Boards covered with modern pink decorated paperl. [2], 37, [1] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Mutiny, Piracy & Shipwrecks Southeast Asia VOC
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The first standard grammar of the Malay language

WERNDLY, George Henrik. Maleische spraakkunst, uit de eigen schriften der Maleiers opgemaakt; met eene voorreden, behelzende eene inleiding tot dit werk, en een dubbeld aanhangsel van twee Boekzalen van boeken, in deze tale zo van Europeërs, als van Maleiers geschreven.
Amsterdam, printed for the VOC (Dutch East Indian Company) by R. & G. Wetstein, 1736. 8vo. With the VOC's ship device on title page, several woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [2], LXVIII, 357, [23] pp. Full description
€ 7,500
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Language & Linguistics VOC
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French translation of government regulations for the Dutch East Indies, published in Semarang, Indonesia

WINCKEL, Christiaan Philip Karel. Essai sur les principes régissant l'administration de la justice aux Indes Orientales Hollandaises surtout dans les îles de Java et Madoura et leur application.
Semarang, G.C.T van Dorp; Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, 1880. 8vo. With an original sepia-toned photographic print of a session of the local (indigenous) court on Java and a lithographed folding map of the Dutch East Indies by the widow and sons of E. Spanier in The Hague. Half red sheepskin with blue decorated paper sides, gold-tooled spine, red sprinkled edges. XII, 315, [1] pp. Full description
€ 3,250
Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Law & Politics Southeast Asia
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Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies,
including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier

[XAVIER, Jerome, and others]. Raguagli d'alcune missioni fatte dalli padri della Compagnia di Giesu nell'Indie Orientali, cioè nelle provincie di Goa, e Coccinno, e nell'Africa in Capo Verde.
Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. Small 8vo (14 x 9 cm).18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment. 165, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 9,500
China Church History & Missions East Africa India & Sri Lanka Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Jesuits Southern Africa West Africa
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