[TEMMINCK, Coenraad Jacob].
Las posesiones holandesas en el archipiélago de la India.
Manila, Miguel Sanchez, 1855. 8vo. Modern red half calf, preserving the original pink lithographed wrappers. 243, [1] pp.
€ 2,500
Rare Spanish translation, printed in Manila, of an important work on the Dutch East Indies by the famous ornithologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (Leiden). The present edition is a translation of a part of Coup d'œil general sur les possessions néerlandaises dans l'Inde archipélagique (1846-1849), and focuses on historical, ethnographical and socio-economic factors of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Very good copy. Palau 329928.
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