Search Results: Titles starting with W from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Utrecht, A.W. Bruna & Zoon, (1979). 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. 160 pp.Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950) visited Indonesia several times between 1898 and 1937. He is a painter, draughtsmand and a well-known graphic artist.

Amersfoort, Bekking, 1997. 4to. Wrappers. With numerous coloured illustrations. 125 pp.

(No pl., 1532).4to. In cloth box. With large woodcut depicting a Turkish warrior. (4) lvs. First edition. - Enthält 35 kurze Fragen und meist noch kürzere Antworten über die Stärke des türkischen Heeres, und die weiteren Absichten des Türken .. ob er die Ungern fast lasst nider hacken, etc.- Very rare questionnaire with fine large woodcut. Apponyi 254.

(Batavia), Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, (1848).Sm.8vo. Original printed boards (sl. dam.). With lithographed title-page, dedication leaf, lithographed plate and 4 leaves with musical scores by P.A. Schiel with words by S. van Deventer. VIII,299 pp. 'In 1848 komt zowaar een nieuw jaarboekje uit dat Warnarsarie gaat heten. Toen alle bijdragen eind 1847 binnen waren en men op het punt stond de kopij af te drukken, ontving de redactie de mededeling dat er niets mocht worden gepubliceerd zonder toestemming van de Gouverneur-Generaal. Kwam het omdat de 'suspecte' Van Hoëvell één van de redacteuren was ? De beide andere waren Van Deventer en Munnich' (Nieuwenhuys, Oost-Indische Spiegel, p.124). - Rare first year of this almanac that was issued during 11 years.Cat. KITLV p.256.

(No pl., ca. 1800).Engraved map by T. Clerk, coloured in outline. Ca. 50 x 69 cm.Detailed map of the Caribbean region, depicting the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic, and the Lesser Antilles. - (Browning).

's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1925. Original red cloth. With illustrations. 646 pp.Contains H.D. Benjamins. Oudste uitvoer van cacao uit Suriname. - P.A. Euwens. Een Engelsche gouverneur van Curaçao. - C.H. de Goeje. Karaïben en Guiana. - Etc.

Hollandia-Haven, Landsdrukkerij, 1955. Wrappers. 45 pp.Personal details of the public administration and private companies in Dutch New Guinea.

Medan, De Democratische Kiezers, (1919). Broadsheet. Ca. 39,5 x 21,5 cm.- (Somewhat browned). - Rare.

Utrecht, A. Oosthoek, 1956. Cloth. With plates. XI,362 pp.History of the Dutch colonial civil service, including the period of the Japanese occupation till 1949.

Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, 1964. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations.

Batavia, 1926. Wrappers. (48) pp. - (Tijdschrift Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde).

(Amsterdam, 1969). Oblong 8vo. Boards. With maps and plates. 56; 51 pp. - Facsimile edition from 'Begin ende voortgangh'.

Franeker, Van Wijnen, 1997. Boards. With 31 maps and plates. 190 pp.500 copies printed. - Facsimile edition of the very rare first edition with introduction by Vibeke Roeper and Diederick Wildeman. Classic account of the three earliest Dutch exploration voyages (1594,1595,1596) in search of a northeast passage by Willem Barentsz, including the wintering on Novaya Zemlya in a wooden cabin.

Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1648.4to. Modern half red morocco, spine ribbed, a.e.g. (binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe). With large woodcut title-vignette depicting two vessels and folding engraved plate depicting 6 views. 92 pp.The journal of Van Neck and Warwijck was first published by Cornelis Claesz in Amsterdam in 1600. - The Dutch navigator Van Neck (1564-1638) was a representative of the Verre Compagny who in 1598 commanded three of the ships of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the East Indies. The other ships were commanded by Van Warwijck and Jacob van Heemskerk. Van Neck's ships became separated from those of Warwijck and Heemskerk shortly after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. He did see them only some time after his arrival at Bantam. Loaded with cargo, four of the ships under Van Neck returned to Holland in 1599, while Warwijck continued to the Moluccas and Heemskerk to the Banda Islands. Van Neck was accompanied by Willem Jansz, the discoverer of Australia, then on his first… Read More

's Gravenhage, 1997. Wrappers. With illustrations. 60 pp.With an English translation. - Account of the earthquake on Amboina on February 17, 1674, which killed Rumphius' wife and daughter.Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627-1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company. Landwehr, VOC, 512; Knuttel 11287.

('s Gravenhage), 1665. Broadsheet, with large initial woodcut. Ca. 23 x 27 cm.Arrest warrant issued on behalf of the state government, authorizing the arrest and detention of captain Commer Gerritsz and Pieter van Campen because of neglect of duty during the last seabattle. - Very rare.Not in Knuttel.

Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer, 1950. 8vo. Wrappers, uncut. With 4 plates. XIII,400 pp.Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas. Aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen. Herausgegeben von der Lateinamerikanischen Bibliothek, Berlin. - Aztec tex with German translation.

Utrecht, A. Oosthoek, 1917. Original wrappers. With double-page map. 149 pp. - (Utrechtsche Bijdragen voor Letterkunde en Geschiedenis).).

's Gravenhage, Henri J. Stemberg, 1883.Original printed wrappers. 212 pp.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1888.Original red pictorial cloth (spine discoloured). With 2 folding plans and 16 woodengravings. XII,502;32 pp.First published in 1878. - First handbook for the use of the traveller to Algiers in the English language. Lisbeth Gooch Séguin married Alexander Strahan and died in 1890.Theakstone p.241; Playfair 3720.