Author: CLERCQ, F.S.A. DE,
Title: Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate. Orig. edn.
Description: Leiden, 1890. orig. wraps. (xxi),359, 13, 11pp. With 4 chromolithogr. plates (lithographed by P.J.Mulder, Leyden), 2 double-page col. plates (depict. ceremonial banners of Ternate and Tidore), 4 maps of which 2 double-p. RUINEN, A 84. An important geographical, historical, ethnographical and linguistic study of Ternate by the [then] Resident of Ternate, period 1885-1888.The first division is a travelogue with descriptions and notes on the ethnographical and economic conditions on Ternate; the 2nd. division is a concise chronicle of the most important events covering the period 1257-1888, whilst the 3rd division is a grammar and glossary of the language as spoken on Ternate, incl. orig. texts, not transcribed, and a glossary ternatese-dutch. A very rare publication. Good copy.

Keywords: moluccas/ternate/linguistics/19thc.