Author: HAAN, Frederik de.
Title: Oud Batavia. Gedenkboek uitgegeven door het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen naar aanleiding van het driehonderdjarig bestaan der stad in 1919.
Description: Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., 1922-1923.2 volumes tex & atlas volume. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering. With 2 folding maps. 559; 408 pp.First edition. - Detailed memorial volume of the town of Batavia (Jakarta) 1619-1919, the capital city of the Netherlands Indies, site of a VOC post from 1610, and founded in 1619 by J.P. Coen, as regional headquarters for the Dutch East India Company (VOC), on the side of the Banten port of Jayakarta. Entirely based on official records, written by the keeper of the Records of Batavia. The plates in the atlas volume depict Dutch houses, furniture, arts & crafts etc.

Keywords: Batavia Indonesia Indonesia art Java VOC Dutch East India Company VOC Indonesia