WEST INDIES -- SURINAM -- HALBERSTADT, A. Kolonisatie van Europeanen te Suriname. Opheffing v.h. pauperisme, ontwikkeling van handel en industrie. (N.pl., 1871). W. 99 fine lithogr. views on 49 plates after P.J. Benoit. 4°. Or. clothbacked brds. (Spine dam., sides rubbed/worn, outer margin stained, inner margin strengthened in places, text browned, w. some foxing, textblock shaky, but complete). -- W.H. LANS. Bijdrage tot de kennis der kolonie Suriname. The Hague, 1842. W. woodengr. illustr. Or. illustr. green wrps. (Front side loose, spine a bit dam., faint stain at the beginning, sl. foxed). -- K. MARTIN. Bericht über eine Reise nach Niederländisch West-Indien und darauf gegründete Studien. I: Land und Leute. II: Geologie. 2 vols. W. 4 fold./double-p. (cold.) lithogr. maps & 22 tinted lithogr./photogr. plates. - Id. Westindische Skizzen. Reise-Erinnerungen. W. 1 fold. lithogr. map (torn), 22 lithogr./photogr. plates. - Leiden, 1887-88. Tog. 3 vols. 4°. Or. printed wrps. (Spines dam./partly gone, bookblocks broken, a bit loosening, some plates a bit browned). -- (5).
Ad 1: Privately printed account of an ex-civil servant, who did not agree with the Dutch policy concerning Surinam, which got him into trouble with the authorities. No information on the author to be found in the Dutch biograph. works. The plates have been taken from Benoit's Voyage a Surinam (1839). - Rare. Muller, America 3055; Doorne/Kempen, Suriname-cat. v.d. UB A'dam, 2487; Rouffaer/Muller I, p. 632.€ 150
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