[Dutch Indies] Batavia (1782)

Batavia, De hoofdstad van Neerlands O. Indien in derzelver gelegenheid, opkomst, voortreffelyke gebouwen, hooge en laage regeering, geschiedenissen, kerkzaaken, koophandel, zeden, luchtgesteldheid, ziekten, dieren en gewassen beschreven. Amsterdam. Petrus Conradi. Harlingen. Volkert van der Plaats, 1782.

4to, half leather, illustrated frontispiece with title, IV,147,(1), title 2nd volume, idem, in red and black with vignette by H. Numan, 108, title 3rd volume, idem, in red and black, 171,(3), title 4th volume, idem, in red and black, 103,(1) pp. and complete with 12 copperplates (most folding), engraving VII and VIII included twice of which 1x loose. Title of volume 2 loose but included, title of volume one lacking, spine with damage, various pp. stained and tanned, fourth volume partly with water stains. The large folding map of Batavia (drawn by P.A. van der Parra (1770) and engraved by A. van Krevelt (1780), usually lacking, is included here. Ex libris historian I.J. Brugmans. Sold w.a.f.