Author: SNOUCK HURGRONJE, Christiaan.
Title: De Atjèhers. Uitgegeven op last van de regeering.
Description: Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1893 -94. 2 text volumes in 8vo, original printed boards, spines half cloth (with bookplate Kantoorboekenfabriek Atjeh Drukkerij Koeta Radja) and atlas volume in folio, original printed boards (stained and sl. damaged. With 2 folding coloured maps and 2 folding lithographed plates and atlas with 12 collotype plates. XX,512; XV,438 pp. First edition. - Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and advisor of Native Affairs to the colonial government of the Netherlands East Indies. The Aceh War between the Dutch and Muslim Sultinate of Aceh in Indonesia dragged on from 1873-1904. Aceh had a history of independence, and was not willing to submit to Dutch colonial control. It took 31 years and hundreds of thousands of casualties before the Dutch were finally able to put down the uprising. Snouck Hurgronje's fundamental work on Aceh was published by order of the Dutch government in order to provide more information about the political and religious situation. It is also relevant for the debate concerning Islamic law versus customary law. The fine photographic plates depict Achenese customs and living conditions. - Rare with the atlas. Cat. KITLV p.25; Von Hünersdorff II, p.1392.

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