BOSCH, G.B. - Reizen in West-Indië, en door een gedeelte van Zuid- en Noord-Amerika.

Utrecht, N. van der Monde, 1829-1843.3 volumes. Half cloth, rebacked with the original spines laid down. With 3 engraved titles with nice oval views of 'De haven van Curaçao' (waterstained) by W.H. Hoogkamer, 'St. Thomas' and 'Gouvernements huis te Suriname' (browned) after J.M. Engelberts by J.B. Tétar van Elven. VIII,377; 430; X,424 pp.First edition. - Gerardus Balthazar Bosch (1794 - 1837), reverend and school-inspector on Curaçao (1825-1836), gives a very interesting account of his travels to St. Eustatius, St. Martin, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Thomas and Suriname. With an emphasis on the Dutch properties in the West Indies. The author also discusses the Jews in Suriname and the Jodensavanne and he writes extensively about the slave population. - Very rare set.Tiele 171; Cat. NSHM I, p. 263; Sabin 6448; not in Suriname-Catalogus UB Amsterdam.

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