[DUTCH EAST INDIES - VOC].
[Collection of 17 sets of manuscript documents and 1 printed memorandum on various subjects relating to the VOC].
Ca. 1653-1833. Mostly in folio (ca. 33 x 21 mm). Kept in a modern red portfolio with black cloth ties. Ca. 120 ll.
€ 5,000
Collection of archival material from the 17th to the 19th century, relating to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the Dutch East Indies, and numismatics. Most of the documents are manuscripts, but some printed material is also included, all documents are in Dutch. The documents concern a wide variety of subjects relating to the VOC, including the policy of the VOC, number of captured ships by the English, insurance, payment of ships crews, recruiting of sailors, chartering of ships, Württemberg Cape Regiment, decline of the VOC and possible countermeasures, the Mint in the Dutch East Indies, and more.
A full list of the collection is available on request. Ads 11 & 12: cf. for the Württemberg Regiment: Prinz, J., Das Würtembergische Kapregiment (1786-1808). (Stuttgart 1932); Spohr, O.H., "The Würtemberg Regiment at the Cape", in: Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, 29/1 (1974); Ad 13: cf. for the printed version of no. 13 see: Landwehr VOC, no. 1592; STCN 142568465 (7 copies); Ad 14: Brandon, P., Masters of war: state, capital, and military enterprise in the Dutch cycle of accumulation (1600-1795). (Thesis, University of Amsterdam, 2013), p. 278; Landwehr VOC, no. 1615; cf. for the other memorandum: Landwehr VOC, no. 1614/no. 1668; Ad 15: cf. for the portrait: NNBW, 3, cols. 180-181; Muller, Portraits, no. 796.
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