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; het Nederlands Comptoir op Suratte, en de levens der Groote Mogols; Als ook een kleurlyke verhandeling van 't wezentlykste, dat men behoort te weten van Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap der Goede Hoop en van Mauritius. Te zamen dus behelzende niet alleen eene zeer nette beschyving van alles, wat Nederlands Oost-Indiën betreft, maar ook 't voornaamste dat eenigzins tot eenige andere Europeërs, in die gewesten, betrekking heeft.
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Dordrecht/ Amsterdam, J. van Braam & G. onder de Linden, 1724-1726. 5 volumes (bound in 8). Folio (340 x 215 mm). With engraved frontispiece, portrait of Valentyn, 272 maps, plans and plates, many folding, including sea charts, views, customes, fish, shells, birds, animals, etc., 80 engravings in the text, 7 folding tables. Uniformly bound in contemporary vellum, both sides with blind stamped medallion, spines with 8 raised bands lettered in ink (2 vols. spines splitting but firm).
'The most comprehensive work on Asia published in Europe during the early colonial period' (Landwehr p. 468).
A fine copy of this rare standard-work on the history of the Far East (including Persia and India). Valentijn (1666-1727) was born in Dordrecht and went out to Batavia in 1685 as an ecclesiastic in the Dutch East-India Company's employ. His famous work, sometimes called the "Encyclopaedia of the Dutch East-Indies", was the result of all his travels and researches, and in it he treats of the Dutch commerce in various parts of the East, and also of the histories and natural histories of the various lands and districts described by him. Many documents, which no longer exist, have been used making this extensive work the most important source of information of this part of the world of this period. It is profusely illustrated with over 250 engraved maps, plans, portraits, views etc. and many engravings in the text. It contains remarkable maps of Australia, probably after manuscript maps now lost. Assisted by the famous naturalist Rumphius volume III of Valentijn's magnum opus contains a detailed description of the botany, zoology (fishes and shells) of Ambon. The fifth book includes the description of Japan, Mauritius and South Africa.
'The most comprehensive work on Asia published in Europe during the early colonial period' (Landwehr p. 468).
The last volume covers South Africa (Kaap de Goede Hoop), 160 pages with 5 (2 large folding & 2 double-page) maps, 4 (1 double-page) plates, and 8 text engravings.
A very good and complete set conforming to the 'Ordre voor den Boekbinder' at the end of the final volume.
Cordier. Japonica pp. 426-8; Landwehr. VOC, 467; A South African Bibliography IV, p. 594.