SPEELMAN, CORNELIS JANSZOON:

[DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY] Journal, oder Kurtze Erzehlung des Anfangs, Fort- und Au§gangs des Krieges, welcher zwischen dem König und mehrerer Regierunge des Reichs Macassar und der Oost-Indischen Compagnie der Vereinigten Niederlanden in den Jahren 1666, 1667, 1668 und 1669, geführet worden. Hamburg, Gottfried Schultzen, 1670.

. 4to. Pp. (36). Title printed in red and black. Modern boards. Rare, first German edition, first published in Dutch 1669. This is an early account of Makassar (Sulawesi Island), an important trading centre in Indonesia at this time. Cornelis Speelman was born in Rotterdam 1628. At the age of sixteen he travelled to the East Indies, where he remained for the rest of his life in the service of the Dutch East India Company. From the beginning of the 16th century, Makassar was the major trading centre in eastern Indonesia where Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Siamese, Javanese and Malays came to exchange goods (spices, metal goods, textiles, gold, copper, pearls, etc.). Makassar was Sulawesi's major port and centre of the powerful Gowa and Tallo Sultanates. The first Europeans (Portuguese sailors) arrived in the 16th century and the Dutch followed in the early 17th century with the aim of creating a hegemony over the spice trade. In 1666 Speelman led a Dutch expedition to Makassar, aided by Bugis soldiers, succeeding in destroying the strongholds of the Sultanate of Gowa. The Treaty of Bongaja was signed in 1667 between Sultan Hasanudin of Gowa and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) which meant that all traders from Gowa had to apply for licences in order to do business in regions controlled by the VOC. Speelman was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies between 1681 and his death in 1684. A few library copies are found in Germany, one at Cornell and one in the Netherlands. We don't know if this edition was issued with a map. The original Dutch edition doesn't have any map but a few library copies of the German edition do, while others do not have a map. Not in Cordier. Landwehr VOC 238 (no map). Van der Wulp (no map). See Howgego p. 987 (for Speelman).

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N° du livre: 120313

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, macassar, makassar, east india, east india company, indonesia, batavia, jakarta, travel, exploration, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, sulawesi, Ujung Pandang, commerce, trade

ST. JOHN, SPENCER:

Life in the Forests of the Far East; or Travels in Northern Borneo. Two volumes. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1863.

. Pp. xvi, 406, (2); x, 424. With 3 folding maps and 16 coloured lithographs (of which 4 hand coloured botanical plates). Volume one partly with some water staining (one plate stained and another with minor stain). One map with light waterstain and one small tear at fold. Volume two clean and fine, mostly unopened. Publisher's green cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly rubbed. Old inscription ("Tumaru Book Club") on title page of second volume. Second, revised and enlarged edition (first 1862) of this well written and beautiful illustrated travel account. Spencer St. John (1825-1910) was appointed private secretary to Sir James Brooke in 1848, who was at the time commissioner and governor of Labuan. For a few years he acted temporarily as commissioner for Brooke and in 1856 he became British Consul in Brunei. St. John explored the country extensively and travelled to remote areas. He made two ascents of the famous Mount Kinabalu with Hugh Low. One of the peaks of Mount Kinabalu, St. John's Peak is named in his honour. This account is based on his own observations as well as by other travellers' experiences. Casey Wood p. 548.

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N° du livre: 99452

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, borneo, indonesia, indonesian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration

STAVORINUS, J.S.:

Resa til Goda Hopps-Udden, Java och Bengalen, företagen och slutad ifrån åren 1768 til 1771. Götheborg, Samuel Norberg, 1798.

. Pp. (iv), 288. Half calf on old marbled boards, lightly rubbed. Partly some light staining. A Swedish edition translated from the German edition (Braunsweig in 1796) about this voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies and Bengal. Stavornius, a Dutch Admiral in the service of the Dutch East Indies, gives accurate descriptions of the Cape, Java and Bengal as well as of V.O.C. trading posts.

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N° du livre: 28114

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, bengalen, bengal, india, java, indonesia, jakarta, cape of good hope, the cape, africa, afrika, asia, asie, asien, asiatic

[SANGERMANO, VINCENTIUS] - TANDY, WILLIAM:

A Description of the Burmese Empire, Compiled Chiefly from Native Documents by the Rev. Father Sangermano and Translated from his Ms. Rome, Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833.

. 4to. Pp. viii, 224. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, title lettered in gilt, hinges cracked and front cover detached, extremities worn. Traces of an erased stamp on title page. First edition of this early and accurate work on Burma, reprinted many times. Father Sangermano, an Italian Barnabite missionary, lived and served in Rangoon 1783 to 1808. He was one of the earliest Christian missionaries to study the language and literature of the people. Cordier BI 3.

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N° du livre: 45031

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage, southeast asia

TISSANDIER, ALBERT:

Cambodge et Java. Ruines khmères et javanaises 1893-1894. Paris, E. Masson, éditeur, 1896.

. Large 4to. Pp. vi, 160. With one map and 30 phototype plates and many woodcut illustrations in the text. Original colour printed wrappers bound in fine half morocco, spine gilt with five raised bands and title printed in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt u.e. Inscribed by the author. First edition of this attractive and interesting account of the ancient sites of Cambodia and Java by Albert Tissandier (1839-1906), a French architect, illustrator and baloonist. Cordier BI 2705.

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N° du livre: 22045

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, asia, asiatica, asie, asien, orient, east, southeast asia, far east, indochine, cambodia, java, indochina, indo-china, indonesia

TURPIN, FRANCOIS HENRI :

Histoire civile et naturelle du Royaume de Siam, et des révolutions qui ont bouleversé cet empire jusqu'en en 1770. Two volumes. Paris, Costard, 1771.

. 12mo. pp. (iv), xii, 450, (2); (iv), 444, (6). Contemporary calf, spines decorated in gilt and with title labels, worn, spines chipped. Some browning and occasionally some minor staining. Partly with some worming in volume two (some minor loss of text). First edition of this important work on Siam based on some manuscripts received from the bishop of Tabraca (Vicar Apostolic de Siam) as well as from other missionaries in Siam. The work was suppressed at the request of the Vicar Apostolic of Siam, who claimed the author had taken too many liberties with his interpretation of the manuscript notes and journals. Francois Henri Turpin is a pseudonym for Henriques Pangrapho who also wrote "Histoire de la vie de Mahomet" (1773). Cordier BI 732. Chadenat 1001. Cox i, p. 347. Satow 102.

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N° du livre: 29007

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, siam, siamese, asia, asie, asiatic, travel, exploration, explore, voyage, thailand, far east, eastern, thai,

VINCENT, FRANK Jr.:

The Land of the White Elephant: Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1874.

. Pp. xx, 316 pp + 4 adv. With three maps and plans, thirty-four full-page plates protected by tissue guards, and additional wood cut illustrations in the text. Publisher's decorated green cloth, stamped in gilt, lightly wear to spine. A beautiful copy of first US edition, originally published in London 1873. A personal narrative of travels in Burma, Cambodia, Siam and Cochin china between 1871 and 1872. Cf Cordier BI 421.

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N° du livre: 100545

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, siam, siamese, thailand, thai, cambodia, burma, burmese, cochinchina, cochin chine, vitenam, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

VOSSION, LOUIS:

Grammaire franco-birmane d'après A. Judson, augmentée d'un grand nombre d'exemples inédits, d'un appendice relatif aux livres sacrés et à la littérature des birmans, et de la prononciation en francais de tous les mots birmans qui paraissent dans le texte. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Ernest Leroux, 1889.

. 12mo. Pp. xx 111, (3). With one front protrait of Judson. Publisher's decorated red cloth. Second edition, enlarged with a preface by Léon Feer. Cordier BI 346-47.

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N° du livre: 22013

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic

WADE, JONATHAN:

A dictionary of Buddhism and Burman Literature. Second edition. Rangoon, American Baptist Mission Press, F.D. Phinney, supt., 1911.

. Pp. (iv), 200. Title and preface in English, otherwise Burmese text. Contemporary calf, red title label on spine, worn and hinges cracked. With two stamps (FCDO library withdrawn). Old ownership stamps. Reprinted edition, first published at Maulmain 1852. Jonathan Wade and his wife Deborah, American missionaries, who served for almost fifty years in Burma. Scarce. Cf Cordier BI 274 (first ed.).

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N° du livre: 121389

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, birma, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, buddhism, religion, exploration, missionary, karen,

[JUDSON, ADONIRAM]. WAYLAND, FRANCIS:

A Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson. Two volumes. Boston, Phillips, sampson, and Cincinnati: Moore, Anderson, 1853.

. Pp. 544; (ii), 522. With one portrait. Publisher's brown cloth, covers blindstamped and spines lettered in gilt, light wear to spine ends, a few small chips to upper cover of volume two. Armorial bookplate and signatures (Rowland Hazard). Partly with some staining. First edition. Judson was an American Protestant missionary who served in Burma for almost forty years. He published the first Burmese book in Burma in 1818 (Gospel of Matthew) and translated the Bible into Burmese (1835). This biography is based on letters and official correspondence sent to America. Cordier BI 302.

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N° du livre: 120274

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, birma, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, mission, missionary,

WILKINSON, RICHARD JAMES:

A Malay-English Dictionary. Three parts in one volume. Singapore, Kelly & Walsh Ltd., & Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama, 1901 - 1903.

. Large 4to. Pp. (ii), 355; (ii), 357-700; (ii), preface ix, (1), 703-717, (1). Index (ii), liv, Addenda (ii), v. Text in two columns. First edition, complete with the preface bound in the last part. Small loss of lower margin of the first part's title page without any loss of text. Modern Bordeaux cloth, title labels on spine. First edition of this monumental work, and still the most useful dictionary for Jawi Malay. Wilkinson was a British Colonial administrator and linguist who served in the Straits Settlements for about 16 years. Cordier BI 1399. Zaunmüller 265 (later editions). Cheeseman, Bibliography of Malaya (1959), p. 121.

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N° du livre: 32079

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, malaysia, malay, language, linguistic, langue, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east,

WINTER, CAREL FREDERIK:

Hangling Darmo. Bevattende de regering, wonderlijke lotgevallen en krijgsbedrivjen van den vorst Hangling Darmo te Melowo Pati, tot de verhheffing van zijnen kleinzoon Bambang Gondo Koesoemo tot vorst van genoemd rijk Malowo Pati. Naar een oorspronkelijk Javaansch handschrigt, af komstig van Soerakarta in poezij (tembang Motjopat of kleine zangmaat). Batavia, 1853.

. 4to. Pp. 8, (6), 212. Text in Kawi (old Javanese) and introduction in Dutch. Wrappers. Some browning to the paper. A Javanese poetry manuscript from Soerakarta, a historical royal capital of the island of Java. (Verhandelingen Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen XXV, 9.)Winter (1799 - 1859), renowned expert on Javanese language and culture, and translator for the government. Winter's Javanese teacher was Raden Ngoro Ronggowarsito. They compiled a Kawi-Javense dictionary, published by H N van der Tuuk in 1880. 

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N° du livre: 121169

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, kawi, javanese, indonesia, indonesian, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asiatic,

WINTER, CAREL FREDERIK:

Kawi-Javaansch woordenboek, ten behoeve van degenen, die Javaansche gedichten wenschen te leze. Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1880.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. viii, 576. Original printed boards, rebound with new cloth spine, new endpapers. Binding rubbed, chipped along edges. Old ownership ink inscription. Titles in Javanese and Dutch. First edition. Kawi is the oldest form of the Javanese language. As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the islands of Madura, Bali and Lombok. Winter (1799 - 1859), renowned expert on Javanese language and culture, and translator for the government. Winter's Javanese teacher was Raden Ngoro Ronggowarsito. Together they compiled this important Kawi-Javense dictionary which is published by H. N. van der Tuuk, who wrote the preface. Zaunmüller 223.

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N° du livre: 121183

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, kawi, java, jawa, , javanese, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, languge, langue, linguistic, dictionary, lexicon,

DE WIT, AUGUSTA:

Java Facts and Fancies. London, Chapman & Hall, 1905.

. Pp. (vi), 332. With 160 illustrations, mainly made from photographs, of which many full-page. Publisher's cloth gilt, upper edges gilt, recased. First published as a series of articles in Singapore Strait Times in 1898. De Wit was born in Sumatra, spent her early childhood in the Dutch Indies, and later educated in Europe. She returned to Batavia in 1894 to teach at a girl's school and later started to work as a correspondent for Singapore Strait Times. A narrative mainly based on the author's stay in Batavia and its surroundings. She vividly describes every day life of the natives, customs and ceremonies.

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N° du livre: 1

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, java, javanese, indonesia, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, far east, east, travel, voyages, exploration, lady traveller,

YASADIPURA / WINTER, CAREL FREDERIK (Ed.):

Romo, een Javaansch gedicht, naar de bewerking van Joso Dhipoero. [Batavia 1846-7].

. Pp. (ii), 28 with text in Dutch + pp. 596 in Javanese script. Uncut copy in old wrappers. A Javanese epic poem as adapted by Joso Dhipoero and translated by Winter. Winter was born in 1799 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He was a renowned expert on Javanese language and culture. ("Verhandelingen Bataviaasch Genootsschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Part 21").

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N° du livre: 121319

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Mots-clés: Southeast Asia, java, javanese, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, literature, langue, linguistic, poetry,