Booms, Generaal P. G. (Gerardus Petrus).
De Eerste Atjehsche Expeditie en hare enquête. Historische kritiek. Met terreinschetsen.
Amsterdam, De Bussy, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. 139 (verso blank), (1) Errata, (1) publisher's ad. Plus lithograph map bound at end. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards, old shelf tickets to spine, old military institutional stamps to cover and half-title and title; map foxed, small hole at blank upper margin of map well outside frame. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Gerardus Petrus Booms (1882-1897). Military author and historian, General in the Dutch army, Minister of War. See also: J. Harskamp: "A Colonial Obsession: Dutch Narrative Literature on the East Indies 1800 - 1945. A Catalogue of Holdings in the British Library". The finely drawn map is entitled "Schetskaart van de Reede van Atjeh, door de Luitenants t/z. J.M.H. Bervoets en C.H. de Goeje, Februari 1873". It incorporates an inset "Figurative Schetsteekening der Hoofd Afdeeling Atjeh". The last page in the book is a Publisher's advertisement for "Open brieven aan den heer G. F. W. Borel", originally published a year earlier in Samarang, republished by Baier and offered in Holland by De Bussy. The original Samarang, 1879 edition is also being offered by Librarium of The Hague. 004-8 .
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