Paulusz (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Paperback with good dust-jacket. Text clean and binding intact. Tearing and chipping to edges of jacket. ix + 94 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. half cloth boards red cloth spine cover in a clear protective wrapper, titles to front board, clean condition, spotting to page edges side and top and last couple of pages, rest of book clear of foxing and in VG condition, 2 parts in one volume including 3 illustrations, 349 pages.

2 parts in 1 volume. Half-cloth binding. Complete with 3 plates. . 349 pp. -good.-(Ex-library copy, with the usual stamps, labels and numbers. The cover is smudged, the pages somewhat yellowed, but overall the book is in good condition.).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An scarce copy of this account of Dutch Political Council minutes in Ceylon, edited with maps and shedding light on Dutch East India Company colonial administration. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.First edition.Illustrated with three maps. Collated, complete.A scarce copy of the edited transcription of the confidential minutes of the Dutch Political Council in Ceylon for the year 1762, providing insight into the administration of the Dutch East India Company during its control of the island.Edited by J. H. O. Paulusz, a historian specialising in the Dutch period of Sri Lankan history.Brendon Gooneratne (1938-2021) was a Sri Lankan physician, historian, and writer, noted for his works on Sri Lankan colonial history and figures such as the Dutch Burghers.An intriguing copy of this work, offering insight into colonial governance, trade, military affairs, and diplomatic relations in Ceylon. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.Externally, generally smart. One or two minor scratches and minor indentation marks to front board. Slight soiling and rubbing with the odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Cockling to spine. Bookplate of Brendon Gooneratne to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to first and last few leaves. Very Good. book.

Colombo, Gouvernment Press, 1954. 8vo. Half cloth. With 3 maps. 349 pp. Dutch Records. - The minutes of the Political Council 1762 span the period of Dutch rule in Ceylon / Sri Lanka. - English and Dutch text. - Rare.