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1697F7UEAGCAXE78Copy imprint: The Hague: widow and heirs of Hillebrandt Jacobsz. van Wouw 1697. Modern plain-paper wrapper attached with 3 copper staples. 4to. With the woodcut arms of the States General lion with sword and 7 arrows in an elaborately decorated cartouche with military attributes on title-page and 1 woodcut decorated initial. A late edition copying the original 1645 imprint of a provisional agreement made between the Dutch States General and the Portuguese ambassador Francisco de Zousa Continho on the jurisdiction and territory of Fort Galle one of the most important outposts in Ceylon Sri Lanka one of the most important outposts both strategically and as a trading centre. The Dutch had captured it from the Portuguese in 1640 and they had been fighting in the region since that time. As the Eighty Years' War was nearing its conclusion the present treaty was written in an attempt to settle the dispute. The dispute in fact continued beyond the peace of 1648 until the Dutch managed to drive the rest of the Portuguese out of Ceylon by 1658. The treaty notes the losses and battles caused by the dispute between the two powers and the demands made by the Dutch government to secure their position in the East Indies. This includes their demand for a yearly supply of cinnamon through which the Portuguese are to pay off their debt and restitution by both parties for the losses they caused one another. The parties agree to honor the treaty and not trespass on each other's rights and territories. Copies were to be sent to the Viceroy in Goa and to various governors in the East Indies.With library stamps. In very good condition.l STCN 2 copies; cf. Knuttel 5202 & 5202b other eds.; Landwehr 242 other ed. widow and heirs of Hillebrandt Jacobsz. van Wouw, unknown
60307c.1880 . Albumen print. Size :240 x 188mm. In good overall condition with good rich tones.<br /> <br /> c.1880 unknown
62731c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 212 x 270mm. 8.4 x 10.6 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1875]. unknown
62771c.1875. . Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 214 x 269mm. 8.5 x 10.6 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1875]. unknown
62757c.1875. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount. Dimensions: 215 x 277mm. 8.5 x 10.9 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1875]. unknown
1920222925Columbo.: Plate. No date. Circa1920. Full page black and white photographic plates throughout unpaginated 84pp unpaginated 23 x 29cm very good copy in original wrappers with cord tie. Small light brown mark affecting 3 plates light wear wrappers otherwise very good indeed. Street scenes with cars and rickshaws rural and seashore views natives customs including images of elephant corralling kraaling. . Plate. unknown
1903LCCDKE4XUWG9Batavia: G. Kolff & Co. 1903. Contemporary brown cloth title in gold decorated endpapers. Folio. With 1 engraved double-page plate 4 lithographed colour-plates and 22 albumen photographs with guard leaves containing text. 2 works in 1 volume. Rare first and only edition of a report on the investigation of tea cultivation and production in Assam India and Ceylon. The Dutch cultural association Cultuur Maatschappij in Palakan-Salak asked H.J.Th. Netscher and Alexander Albert Holle to investigate the Assam and Ceylon tea cultivation and production with regard to the economic position of Java tea in the world market. Netscher and Holle had their investigations on tea cultivation and culture in British India and Ceylon printed but never put them on the market merely giving some copies to parties concerned with the tea industry. They gave the present copy to Norbert Pieter van den Berg head agent of the Dutch East Indian commercial bank at Batavia and president of the Javanese bank. The report discusses various aspects of tea and its cultivation including the geographic dissemination different kinds of tea seeds the conservation of tea seeds the process of drying tea leaves and the arrangement of tea factories. But the book also describes some remarkable things that caught Netscher and Holles attention of during their journey. They write for example about sugar and elephants. Nevertheless the main purpose of their report was to gather information on British-Indian tea cultivation especially regarding competion on the world market.The 22 albumen photographs in the present copy inserted through the whole book show mainly the tea gardens of Assam and Ceylon but also elephants and landscapes Netscher and Holle saw on their journey. A sign for that at least some of these photographs are contemporary is that they refer to their own train on one of the pictures. These pictures give this extensive and important report on tea cultivation enriching insights into the tea cultivation in British-India and Ceylon ca. 1900.Presentation copy from the Cultuur Maatschappij Parakan-Salak to Norbert Pieter van den Berg with some bolts at the end of the book unopened. Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed corners bumped some stains on the boards. Slightly browned not affecting the text otherwise in very good condition.l WorldCat 9 copies not noting the albumen prints; for Netscher & Holle: All about tea p. 128; Performing otherness: Java and Bali on international stages 1905-1952 p. 15; for Norbert Pieter van den Berg: Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde pp. 55-56. G. Kolff & Co., hardcover
1816185242London.: Thomson. 1816. Engraved map with full handcolour 50.5 x 59.7 cms ; 53.9 x 73.8 cms sheet central fold a few minor edge tears one intruding into the top border the map unscathed marginal edgewear two corners with some loss but the map in very good crisp condition. An elegant map with great detail prepared for John Thomson's influential "New General Atlas" 1814-1821. Showing India from 20 degrees to 7 degrees north of the equator and includes the northern half of Ceylon with territorial interests attractively coloured. . Thomson. unknown
1954222612Australia. Circa1954. An album of 128 black and white photographs and 12 colour postcards detailing a trip to Ceylon in 1954 cord tie. 25 x 33cm. Few postcards loose leaves trifle friable cloth-covered boards little shelf worn overall in good condition. Although the album begins with aerial shots of the P&O Stratheden in Sydney and includes a few non-contemporary studio photographs of Ceylon the majority of the album is comprised of private photographs with handwritten captions and dates. Loosely inserted at the rear is the original photographic film within a Kodak-branded sleeve a 14-page stapled booklet introducing guests to the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo and an itinerary of a motor tour of Ceylon presumably undertaken by the album's creator. . hardcover
1900316899London: Sampson Low Marston and Company Limited St. Dunstan s House 1900. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Bound in half brown polished calf marbled paper sides red leather title label a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by the Author and full-page partially colored map. xii 474 ii pp. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited, St. Dunstan s House unknown
