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Wouter Schouten, dichter en VOC-chirurgijn. 36 gedichten bij de Oost-Indische voyagie.
SCHOUTEN,WOUTER. Barend-van Haeften,Marijke & Hetty Plekenpol.
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[Zutphen], Walburg Pers, [2012]. 191 pp. B./w. ills. Orig. hardcover, d./j. 8vo. With a dedication in ink by Marijke Barend-van Haaften to Marijke [Spies].
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Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2003. Boards, with dust-jacket. With plates. 544 pp. In De Oost-Indische voyagie, VOC surgeon Wouter Schouten tells vividly about the customs of the Chinese living in Batavia, among other things.
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Published by Chez Pierre le Boucher, Rouen 1725
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Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. In two volumes. [4], 603, [1]; [4], 582pp. Titles in red and black. With an additional engraved title page to each volume and a further seven engraved plates (four folding). Later gilt-tooled dark green morocco-backed marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Hinges partially expos…ed, slight loss to lower corner of title page of Vol. II, very occasional light spotting. The first French edition, following the Dutch edition of 1676 (a second Dutch edition was published in 1708), of Dutch surgeon to the VOC Wouter Schouten's (c.1525-1625) popular work Oost-Indische voyagie, which draws on his experiences in Japara, the Moluccas, and the VOC's attach on Makassar Castle, which forced the Sultan to expel 2,000 competing Portuguese traders. The plates of flora and fauna in this edition are copied from the 1707 Amsterdam edition, with 15 figures on five places, and include Walrusses, a Rhinoceros and a Crocodile, in addition to views of, inter alia, Fort de la Victoire in Ambon and a shipwreck. Landwher 288. Size: 12mo.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to. Recent half calf, marbled boards, rebacked. Extra engraved title page, title printed in red and black, (6), 1 portrait, 328 pp., 28 engraved plates. Schiötz 933 b **. With the plate showing the battle in Bergen harbour.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to. Contemporary half calf, titles in red and green, spines simply gilt. Extra engraved title. Title printed in red and black. Engraved portrait of the author. XIV, (323), (1 blank) ; (8), 211, (20, 3 blank) pp. With 47 engraved plates, many folding, four folding maps. Schiötz 933 e **. With the plat…e showing the battle in Bergen harbour. Dampstaining in both volumes. Small damage at head of spine in vol. I. Corners bumped.
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Published by Van Poolsum . de Bruyn, Utrecht, Amsteldam 1775
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Contemporary Half Leather. With a portret, 45(of 47) engravings on 42 plates, this copy is missing plate 2 and 13. Place Printed: Utrecht, Amsteldam Part 1: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 14 Roman numbered pages / 323 Pages / 3 Blank pages / 1 Portret / 32 Folding Plates Part 2: 2 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1… Blank pages / 3 NNP / 1 Blank pages / 211 Pages / 20 NNP / 1 Blank pages / 15 Folding Plates / 4 Folding maps There are 17 extra pictures availabe on request! 7 (1-10) Later paper on front and back covers, on some of the folding plates there are two plates. Height (cm): 28,4 Width (cm): 23 Thickness (cm): 6,6 Nettogewicht (KG): 2,304.
More imagesPublished by Amsterdam: Gerrit Tielenburg en Jan 'Tlam 1740
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third. [Asia in the European Mind] Quarto, 9 x 7 in. Bound in quarter leather over marbled boards. Title page printed in black and red. Added additional engraved title from the 1708 edition. [10], 328, 253, [23] p. Complete with all maps and illustrations called for. Engraved author portrait, illustra…ted throughout with fine etchings by C. Decker or J. Kip, including 4 vignettes, 24 full paged illustrations, and 19 large folding plates. Old, light dampstaining scattered throughout, mostly to the index. Updated edition, first published in 1676, of Wouter Schouten's voyage to the Dutch East Indies. Schouten traveled as a surgeon to the Dutch East Indies in the 1650s-1660s. "Schouten was an observant traveller who explored inland into the environs of nearly every port-of-call, sometimes by himself or with a small group of comrades. His narrative, full of anecdotes as well as information gleaned about countries he had not visited, became particularly popular with readers in the eighteenth century, when it was republished in no fewer than seven editions." - Howgego S66. "As a physician, Schouten had a more than ordinary interest in flora and fauna and in hygiene and living conditions" (Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe, v. III, p.955. Refs: Mendelssohn II, p.279; Landwehr VOC, 284; Tiele 990.
Published by Jacob Von Meursch (Meurs) Und Johannes Von Sommeren, Amsterdam 1676
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Text Deutsch des17. Jahrhunderts (sehr klarer Stil!). Drei Teile (Reise, Schiffbruch, Beschreibung Königreiche Arrakan, Martavan (Martaban), Tanassery, Bengela, von den Patanern)) in einem Band, so vollständig. Noch Titel: "Worin erzehlt wird Viel gedenckwürdiges/ und ungemeine seltsame Sachen/ Bluhtige See- und Feld-Schlachten/… Wieder die Portugisen und Makasser; Belagerungen/ Bestürmungen/ Und Eroberungen vieler fürnehmen Städte und Schlösser. Wie auch: Eine eigendliche Beschreibung der fürnehmsten Ost-Indischen Landschaften/ Königreiche/ Inseln und Städte; Ihre Gesetze/ Sitten/ Religion, Kleidung; Item: der Tiere/ Früchte und Gewächse/ etc. zugleich eine ausführliche Erzehlung/ was sich in der gefährlichen Zurückreise nach Holland/ zwischen den Ost-Indischen Retour-Schiffen/ und den Engelländern/ im Jahre 1665, in der Stadt Bergen in Norwegen/ wie auch in der Nord-See/ merckenswürdiges zugetragen hat. Alles beschrieben durch Master Walter Schultzen, von Harlem, Nebenst noch: Dem gefährlichen Schiffbruch des Jagdt-Schifs/ ter Schelling genannt, von Frantz Janß von der Heyde/ aufgezeichnet. Mit vielen kunstreichen Figuren geziert. Und aus dem Niederländischen ins Hochteutsche übergesetztet durch J. D." +++ Solider Lederband (aus dem 18.ten Jahrhundert) mit intakter Bindung, voller Patina. Goldgeprägter Rückentitel (etwas verblasst) auf montiertem Schildchen, 4 Bünde, Kapital/Kapitalband unverletzt. Front-/Rückendeckel Blindrahmenprägung, äußerlich Alters-/Abriebspuren, Rückendeckel mit kleiner Läsur. Vor-/Nachsatzseiten farbmarmoriertes Schmuck-Schutz-Papier. Vorsatzseiten Provenienzmarkierungen von alten Händen. Buchblock mit allen Seiten, 39 TEXTKUPFERN und 20 DOPPELSEITIGEN oder GEFALTETEN KUPFERTAFELN KOLLATIONIERT VOLLSTÄNDIG, doppelspaltig gedruckt (gute, klare Typographie) einige (ca. 15) Seiten/Tafeln teilrestauriert (hinterlegt, neu aufgezogen), kaum Materialverlust. Frontispiz (Stich Walter Schulze) gestochene Vortitelseite, schwarz-rot gedruckte Titelei, 2 Seiten Vorrede, 291 + 9 Registerseiten, gestochener Titel, 55 Seiten, 64 + Nota-Seite. Tafeln zusätzlich. Buchblock unverletzt, gut, z. Teilen kleine Einrisse/Läsuren, einige Seiten nicht sauber, insgesamt aber erfreulich gutes Exemplar. Schouten reiste 1658 - 65 als Arzt f. d. Holländische Ostindien-Gesellschaft nach Niederländisch-Indien (Indonesien), Indien, Ceylon, aber auch Formosa/Taiwan, Berichte über das Kap der guten Hoffnung, Kämpfe mit Portugiesen, Eingeborenen und Engländern. Die Tafeln meist topographisch (Städte Amboina, Bantam, Batavia, Colombo, Japare/Java, Malacca u.a.), die Textkupfer (von C.Deker, L. Skiput u.v.a.) z.T. völkerkundlich, Begegnungen mit den Ansässigen, Sitten, Gebräuche, Kämpfe, Festaufzüge, Schiffsbrüche u.a. Dieses wahrhaft antiquarische Buch ist auch eine sehr spannende, lebhafte Lektüre in klarer, deutscher Sprache.++++A truly antiquarian travel account profusely illustrated with copper engravings and COMPLETE! Later solid binding (19th century) full of patina. In three parts: Sea Voyage, Shipwreck, Description of Kingdoms (Arrakan, Martavan (Martaban), Tanassery, Bengela). A very rare item, text not always clean but as mentioned complete. Most folded engravings are topographic (Amboina, Bantam, Batavia, Colombo, Japare/ Java, Malacca), the other engravings are about encounters, with natives, their customs, struggles, celebrations or related to shipwrecks etc. +++ Walter Schouten, Dutch physician, working for the Dutch East India Company, went to Indonesia, India, Ceylon, and Formosa from 1658 to 1665. He reported from the Cape of Good Hope, described the battles with the Portuguese, Natives and the English Army.+++ 21 x 30 cm. 1,6 kg.+++ Stichwörter/Keywords: SEEREISEN ENTDECKUNGSREISEN INDISCHER OZEAN INDIEN HINTERINDIEN HOLLÄNDER PORTUGIESEN ENGLÄNDER MALACKA VÖLKERKUNDE ANTHROPOLOGIE GEOGRAPHIE ASIEN SUMATRA BENGAL FRÜHE DRUCKE STICHE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER SÜDOSTASIEN REISEBERICHTE OSTINDISCHE REISE RAJ TRAVEL ACCOUNT ANTI.
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book recounts the travels of Dutch explorer Wouter Schouten through the East Indies. The book provides detailed descriptions of the various lands, cities, and islands he visited, and includes illustrations to enhance the reader's understanding of these locations. This is an essential read for… anyone interested in the history of exploration and colonialism.
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Amsterdam, Gerrit Tielenburg & Jan 't Lam, 1740. 2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary half calf (modern boards), spine gilt. With titlepage printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 4 illustrations and 27 (of 42) engraved plates by C. Decker and J. Kip. (8),328; 253, (22) pp. First published in 1676; large paper copy. - Wout…er Schouten (1638-1704) spent 7 years as a physician in the service of the VOC in the East 1658-1665. He was an observant traveller who explored inland into environs of nearly everey port-of-call. His travel-account stayed very popular for a long time because of his ample and vivid descriptions of the countries, the different peoples and anything of note concerning the animals, plants, etc. of Java, Amboyna, Ternate, Celebes, Cape of Good Hope, coast of Coromandel, Malabar, Persia, Arabia, Ceylon, etc. Because of the bad weather the fleet arrived on the return voyage in Bergen (Norway), where Schouten eyewitnessed the attack by the English in 1665. - (Missing pp.291/292; portrait and 15 plates; last pp. stained). Tiele 991; Cat. NHSM I, p.174; Landwehr, VOC, 284; Mendelssohn II, p.279-80; Howgego p.947.
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Utrecht, Wed. J.J. van Poolsum, G.T. en A. van Paddenburg, J. van Schoonhoven/Amsterdam, M. de Bruyn, 1775 (4e herz.). Frontispice + engraved portrait Wouter Schouten. Halfleather bindings.4°. (XIV) 323, (VIII) 211 (19) pp. *boards both volumes rubbed, edges boards slightly damaged, spines top and down under a bit damaged, in bo…th volumes a small white sticker on title pages, good condition* With 47 plates (40 folded and 7 plates with 2 different views on one page) + 4 folded maps, Amboina, world map, map Java and Ceylon.P.A. Tiele. Nederlandsche bibliografie van land en volkenkunde. Reprint 1966, p. 218.
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Amsterdam, Gerrit Tielenburg & Jan 't Lam, 1740. 2 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (extremities of spine skilfully rep.). With titlepage printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait, 4 illustrations and 43 engraved plates (several folding) by C. Decker and J. Kip. (8),328; 253, (22)… pp. First published in 1676 with the title Oost-indische voyagie; large paper copy with additional folding map: Nieuwe en nette zeekaart van de geheele waereldt. - Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) spent 7 years as a physician in the service of the VOC in the East 1658-1665. He was an observant traveller who explored inland into environs of nearly everey port-of-call. His travel-account stayed very popular for a long time because of his ample and vivid descriptions of the countries, the different peoples and anything of note concerning the animals, plants, etc. of Java, Amboyna, Ternate, Celebes, Cape of Good Hope, coast of Coromandel, Malabar, Persia, Arabia, Ceylon, etc. Because of the bad weather the fleet arrived on the return voyage in Bergen (Norway), where Schouten eyewitnessed the attack by the English in 1665. 'His book was extremely popular in northern Europe and was translated into German (1676) and French (1707 and 1725)' (Lach & Van Kley, Asia in the making of Europe, III,2, p. 955). - Belongs to the best travel stories written at the time. - A fine copy. Tiele 991; Cat. NHSM I, p.174; Landwehr, VOC, 284; Mendelssohn II, p.279-80; Howgego p.947.
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worin erzehlt wird viel Gedenckwürdiges, und ungemeine seltzame Sachen, bluhtige See- und Feld-schlachten, wieder die Portugiesen und Makasser, Belägerungen, Bestürmungen, und Eroberungen vieler fürnehmen Städte und Schlösser; wie auch eine eigendliche Beschreibung der fürnehmsten Ost-Indischen Landschaften; zugleich eine ausfüh…rliche Erzehlung, was sich in der gefährlichen Zurückreise nach Holland, zwischen den Ost-Indischen Retour-Schiffen, und den Engelländern, im Jahr 1665 in der Stadt Bergen in Norwegen, wie auch in der Nord-See, merckenswürdiges zugetragen hat. Mit gestochenem Titel, gestochenem Portrait, 20 (19 doppelblattgrosse) Kupfertafeln, 40 Textkupfer, 2 Blatt, Seite 1 bis 196, 1 Blatt, Seite 121 bis 291, 4 Blatt, 64 Seiten, Halblederband der Zeit, 32 x 26,5 cm, Kanten und Deckelbezüge berieben, innen teils etwas gebräunt, insgesamt gut erhalten.
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Folio, title page printed in red and black; extra engraved title, engraved portrait, and 19 double-page engraved plates, with one full page engraving and many more engravings in the text; the second part with engraving on the title page and 13 engraved plates; a handsome copy in old limp vellum with ties, spine lettered in ink.…A tremendous visual resource and one of the most famous descriptions of the Dutch (and Portuguese) settlements in the East Indies, with striking views of Malacca, Batavia, Macassar, Ternate, Aniboina, Point de Galle, Colombo, Negapatam and elsewhere. These richly inked detailed engravings were used to great advantage by the Golden Cockerel Press to illustrate their publication of a translation of Jean de Lacombe's voyages to the East Indies (A Compendium of the East, 1937). This is the first German edition which, although published simultaneously with the Dutch edition, has an extra part added (see below). Many times reprinted, in different forms, the main work is by Schouten (his name is translated here as Walter Schultzen), a VOC ship's doctor who describes his voyage to and experiences over several years in the East Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope. Lach, who quotes frequently from Schouten in his Asia in the Making of Europe, describes Schouten's work as "one of the best" of the several descriptions of Java which appeared in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. "Schouten described events as well as the land and its people. Much of what he wrote was the product of his own observations, although he obviously augmented them with information from other sources. His description of the court of Mataram, for example, is not an eyewitness account; he apparently never visited it. Since the whole book is written in Schouten's lively style, however, it is difficult to distinguish between the firsthand portions of his account and that which came from other sources". The second work included here, though it did not appear in the Dutch edition, is a German translation of Van der Heide's Vervarelyke schipbreuk van 't Oost-Indischen Jacht ter Schelling which had been separately published in Amsterdam the previous year. This is the dramatic account of an ill-fated VOC voyage from Batavia towards Europe: "Shipwreck on a desert island, hunger, and cannibalism are the themes of Franz Janszoon van der Heiden's tale describing the shipwreck of a VOC yacht off the coast of Bengal." (Lach). Lach continues that "According to Van der Heiden the Schelling was bound for Bengal from Batavia in October, 1661, when it ran aground during a storm and began to break up. Some of its crew escaped to a desert island where they struggled to stay alive for some time before building a rude raft with which they sailed to the mainland. Once on the mainland they were taken to a Mughal army camp and impressed into service. There is a brief description of the army and of the war they were fighting. Van der Heiden's tale may well be fictitious. The crew of the Schelling seems altogether too irresponsible, some of their adventures too unrealistic; the descriptions of the island are so general, it could be anywhere, and there are some serious lapses and illogicalities in the story". . Some ageing; small water-stain in lower fore-corners.
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