Author: ENGELBRECHT, A.W. & E.M.L.
Title: De Nederlandsch-Indische Wetboeken benevens de grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, en de belangrijkste in Nederlandsch-Indië geldende Algemeene verordeningen en besluiten, 1939.
Description: Leiden, Sijthoff, [..], 1939. Small stout 8°. Original thin stiff black clothcovered boards. Blindstamped Royal Dutch Coat-of Arms on front side, gilded title on spine with gilded Royal Dutch Coat-of-Arms at tail. (Lxxxiii), 2310pp. Chronology of Dutch East Indies' Gazetteers, table of abbreviations and symbols used, alphabetical register, front edge printed in different colours by way of topical thumb indexes, table of contents. Coipy printed on india paper. Massive dutch law textbook on behalf of students, lawyers, attorneys, civil servants of the Dutch East Indies Ministry of Justice and lawcourts, listing laws, by-laws, special regulations and decisions, including the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and her overseas territories. Last changed and adapted edition published before the outbreek of the Second Worldwar in the Pacific. Very fine copy. Still of great practical value.

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