Author: MATTHAEUS, Christiaan Sigismund.
Title: Kort gevat jaar-boek van de edele geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie der Vereenigde Nederlanden, ter Kamer van Zeeland. Beginnende met de erectie derzelver Compagnie.Middelburg, Jan Dane, 1759. 8vo. Contemporary half brown calf, sprinkled paper sides, red sprinkled edges.
Description: [7], [1 blank], [5], [1 blank], 151, [1 blank] pp.Rare complete first and only edition of a vital source of information on the organisation and functioning of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) based in Middelburg, one of the 6 chambers of the VOC. The work is a gold mine for the maritime and economic history of Zeeland during the Dutch Golden Age.The VOC, one of the first capitalistic trade organisations in the world to issue shares, has been one of the principal organisations responsible for the unique prosperity and wealth of the Dutch Republic in the 17th century. The work lists (often with additional information provided in contemporary handwriting) names of directors, newly built ships including the size and the size of their respective crews, arrival and departure information for any Zeeland VOC ship including the name of its captain, and the dividends paid to VOC shareholders. The present copy comes from the library of Samuel de Wind (1793-1859), a Dutch lawyer, historian, and member of the Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen.With an owner's inscription on the recto of the first free flyleaf ("... by S: de Wind"), contemporary manuscript corrections and additions in the text, 3 loosely inserted leaves listing arrival and departure information for ships to and from Batavia in 1764, 1765, and 1767, and the manuscript name of the publisher on the verso of the title-page (to authenticate the copy). The binding shows slight signs of wear, very slightly browned throughout. The errata on pp. 141-146 are bound after the supplement (pp. [147]-151, [1 blank]). Otherwise in very good condition.l Cat. NHSM, I, p. 505; Landwehr, VOC, no. 1489; STCN 158551680 (9 copies, including 5 incomplete); WorldCat 966450161, 219447493, 122342190 (11 copies, including 8 also in STCN).
Keywords: [BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [0082959459A5] Economics, Numismatics & Trade|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [420D43E60F0C] VOC & WIC|[L12BKU763RAL] LOW COUNTRIES|[L12BKU763RAL] LOW COUNTRI
Title: Kort gevat jaar-boek van de edele geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie der Vereenigde Nederlanden, ter Kamer van Zeeland. Beginnende met de erectie derzelver Compagnie.Middelburg, Jan Dane, 1759. 8vo. Contemporary half brown calf, sprinkled paper sides, red sprinkled edges.
Description: [7], [1 blank], [5], [1 blank], 151, [1 blank] pp.Rare complete first and only edition of a vital source of information on the organisation and functioning of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) based in Middelburg, one of the 6 chambers of the VOC. The work is a gold mine for the maritime and economic history of Zeeland during the Dutch Golden Age.The VOC, one of the first capitalistic trade organisations in the world to issue shares, has been one of the principal organisations responsible for the unique prosperity and wealth of the Dutch Republic in the 17th century. The work lists (often with additional information provided in contemporary handwriting) names of directors, newly built ships including the size and the size of their respective crews, arrival and departure information for any Zeeland VOC ship including the name of its captain, and the dividends paid to VOC shareholders. The present copy comes from the library of Samuel de Wind (1793-1859), a Dutch lawyer, historian, and member of the Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen.With an owner's inscription on the recto of the first free flyleaf ("... by S: de Wind"), contemporary manuscript corrections and additions in the text, 3 loosely inserted leaves listing arrival and departure information for ships to and from Batavia in 1764, 1765, and 1767, and the manuscript name of the publisher on the verso of the title-page (to authenticate the copy). The binding shows slight signs of wear, very slightly browned throughout. The errata on pp. 141-146 are bound after the supplement (pp. [147]-151, [1 blank]). Otherwise in very good condition.l Cat. NHSM, I, p. 505; Landwehr, VOC, no. 1489; STCN 158551680 (9 copies, including 5 incomplete); WorldCat 966450161, 219447493, 122342190 (11 copies, including 8 also in STCN).
Keywords: [BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [0082959459A5] Economics, Numismatics & Trade|[BFFF1D78AE20] HISTORY, LAW & PHILOSOPHY -> [420D43E60F0C] VOC & WIC|[L12BKU763RAL] LOW COUNTRIES|[L12BKU763RAL] LOW COUNTRI
Price: EUR 6500.00 = appr. US$ 7064.51 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: ABC_48835
- Book number: ABC_48835