Author: POENSEN, C.
Title: De geschiedenissen van het Oude Testament: naar de Heilige Schrift. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Rotterdam, M. Wyt & Zonen, 1881. Stout large 8°., original blind stamped cloth, gilded title on spine. Ti.-p's in javanese script and dutch. 446pp. of javanese script (not romanized), incl. introduction and a table at very end. Stories from the Old Testament on behalf of javanese convnerted christians, translated into javanese by a dutch reformed minister, missionary at Kediri, Java. Very good and clean copy. Rare.

Keywords: java mission christianization conversion mission zending kediri bible stories translation culture heritage legacy history colonialism indonesia southeastasia nineteenth century 19thc