Author: ENGELBERT GERRITS, G.,
Title: Het Leven en de Daden van den doorluchtigen zeeheld J. Psz.Koen; Gouverneur generaal en voornaamsten grondlegger van Nêerlands uitgebreide heerschappij in de Oost-Indië; in gesprekken tusschen eenen vader en zijne kinderen. First edn.
Description: Amsterdam, Schalekamp & van de Grampel, 1826. sm.8°. orig. calfbacked marbled boards, title-label with gilt lettering on spine, 5 tiny gilt dots separated by narrow horizontal gilt rules on spine. First leave being an extraordinary honour prize, where appropriated filled-in with old ink, dated 1828 (verso blank), 1 blank leave, hftitle (verso blank), title-page with on verso a dedicative poem to Jan Pieterszoon Koen (Coen). (iv), 190pp. Engraved frontisp. (portr. of Jan Pietersz. Coen), 2 other engraved plates by H.P. Oosterhuis, del. and D. Veelwaard, sculp., one depicting the conquest of Jacatra, errata printed on last unnumbered leave (verso blank). BUUR, I.J., 0002. Dutch juvenile, being a dialogue between a father and his three sons describing the life and times of Jan Pieterszoon Koen (Coen) and the history of the settlement of dutch, e.g. V.O.C., administration of Indonesia. Also contains information on character, way of life and customs of the Javanese. Very good copy. Extremely rare first edition.

Keywords: v.o.c. coen javanese characteristics life customs administration settlement indonesia colonialism southeast asia buur 19th