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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 in places, a bit shaky/loosening, inner margin strengthened in places, text browned, a bit foxing, but complete).
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.€ 300
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