First and only edition of a critical work on the colonial government in the Dutch East Indies under the command of Godert van der Capellen, by Jacob Elisa Doornik (1777-1837). In it he pleads for a free culture, free trade, cancellation of serfage, self-regulation by the colonists and as little civil servants as possible.
Doornik studied Medicine in Leiden and became a physician in Amsterdam. He went to the Dutch Indies in 1817 where he became a surgeon in 1820. Afterwards he had his own practice in Batavia.
Wrapper a bit worn. Good untrimmed copy, including the last leaf containing the letterpress title-labels (1 of 2 cut out and pasted on spine). Saakes VIII (1827), p. 295; Saalmink, p. 525.