Author: ANDERSON, John.
Title: Mission to the East coast of Sumatra, in 1823, under the direction of the government of Prince of Wales Island: including historical and descriptive sketches of the country, an account of the commerce, population, and the manners and customs of he inhabitants, and a visit to the Batta cannibal staes in the interior.
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood, London, T. Cadell, 1826.Period style later half calf, spine gilt, with black morocco title label. With 4 folding maps and 8 line engraved plates with etching by William Home Lizars. XXIII,424 pp.First edition; with bookplate of Newport Public Libraries. - John Anderson (1795-1845) was a Scottish colonial civil servant, writter and traveller. He received an appointment to the civil service of the East India Company in 1813, and is first encountered as a 'writter' at the British colony of Penang, in Malaya, then known as Prince of Wales Island. He subsequently served as deputy warehouse-keeper and Malay translator, and in 1821 was promoted to the rank of factor. In February and March 1823 he acted as agent for the governor of Penang in 'procuring engagements' from the sultans of Delly and Siack, and the rajah of Langkat, in Sumatra. He was also despatched to Perak and Selangor, where he successfully concluded a treaty with Sultan Ibrahim of Selangor (Howgego p.6). Including captain Crooke's report of Jambi. - A fine copy.Bastin-Brommer N53; Cat. KITLV p.17; Wellan-Helfrich D11.
Keywords: Indonesia Sumatra
Title: Mission to the East coast of Sumatra, in 1823, under the direction of the government of Prince of Wales Island: including historical and descriptive sketches of the country, an account of the commerce, population, and the manners and customs of he inhabitants, and a visit to the Batta cannibal staes in the interior.
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood, London, T. Cadell, 1826.Period style later half calf, spine gilt, with black morocco title label. With 4 folding maps and 8 line engraved plates with etching by William Home Lizars. XXIII,424 pp.First edition; with bookplate of Newport Public Libraries. - John Anderson (1795-1845) was a Scottish colonial civil servant, writter and traveller. He received an appointment to the civil service of the East India Company in 1813, and is first encountered as a 'writter' at the British colony of Penang, in Malaya, then known as Prince of Wales Island. He subsequently served as deputy warehouse-keeper and Malay translator, and in 1821 was promoted to the rank of factor. In February and March 1823 he acted as agent for the governor of Penang in 'procuring engagements' from the sultans of Delly and Siack, and the rajah of Langkat, in Sumatra. He was also despatched to Perak and Selangor, where he successfully concluded a treaty with Sultan Ibrahim of Selangor (Howgego p.6). Including captain Crooke's report of Jambi. - A fine copy.Bastin-Brommer N53; Cat. KITLV p.17; Wellan-Helfrich D11.
Keywords: Indonesia Sumatra
Price: EUR 1595.00 = appr. US$ 1733.52 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 37050
- Book number: 37050