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Death sentence against Petrus Vuyst, former Governor of Ceylon

[CEYLON].
Sententie, gewezen by den Wel Ed: Raade van India, tegens den Heere en Mr. Petrus Vuyst, gewezene gouveneur van Ceylon. Geëxecuteert tot Batavia, den 19. Mey, 1732.
[Batavia?, 1732]. 4to. Original blue wrappers. 12 pp.
€ 3,500
Rare first edition, probably printed in Batavia, of the sentence against Mr. Petrus Vuyst, Governor of Ceylon between 1726 and 1729, pronounced by the Council of Justice at Batavia on 19 May 1732. Vuyst had sentenced 19 innocent people to death and mistreated and tortured many others. He faced trial for these severe charges, was found guilty and consequently executed at Batavia's castle on 3 June, 1732.
Three other editions appeared in Holland, all printed after this original edition ("Na een origineel Copy van Batavia, zoo en gelyk het den gevangene is voorgelese" (Landwehr 1012-1014). Very good copy. Landwehr & V.d. Krogt, VOC 1011; STCN (2 copies); cf. Knuttel 16915-16916.
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