Author: VEEN-SPIETH, L. VAN DER,
Title: Dr. N. Adriani. Een Godgewijd leven. [title on front wrapper]. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam, Jeugdcommissie Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap, 1926. 12°. Orig. wrappers, stapled. Portr. after a photography of N. Adriani on front wrapper. 16pp. Ills. on 3 plates after orig. photographs, captions in dutch. Concise biographical note on the life of a famous dutch reformed minister, Dr. N. Adriani, who worked for a long time as a missionary to the Toraja population of Central Sulawesi (Posso or Poso region), dutch colonial Indonesia. Published by the Youth commission of the Dutch Bible Society, N.B.G., to set a moral example to dutch christian youths. (name in ink and rubber-stamped, 2 lines, in upper margin of fornt wrapper, signature on recte of f.e.p., of previous owner, ow. a good copy).

Keywords: mission moralism christianization celebes sulawesi history biography adriani youth dutch posso toraja toradja colonialism indonesia southeast asia