Author: JACOBS, ELS M.,
Title: Koopman in Azië. De handel van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie tijdens de 18de eeuw. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2000. Small stout 4°., original cloth, gilded cover title, gilded title on spine, dustjacket. 304pp. printed in double collumns. Many monochrome and some coloured illustrations in text, incl. portraits, incl. many facsims. after archivalia, facsim. sketch maps and charts in text, many comparative tables at end of volume (cargoes, profits, lists of merchants, etc.), english summary, notes/references, sources and literature, register, table of contents. Detailed comparative survey of dutch trade and commerce in Asian Waters by the Dutch East India Company, V.O.C., in the course of the eighteenth century. Private ms. dedication on f.e.p. Very fine copy.

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