Title from John Bastin catalogue, page 14, item 7. Detached from: The new monthly magazine, vol. vii, no. 42 (1 July 1817), page 539. "New publications in May and June with critical remarks... Geography: "The History of Java ; containing a general description of the country and its inhabitants. By Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R. and A.S. late Lieutenant-governor of the island ..."--Page 539. Private library of Dr John Sturgus Bastin; East Sussex, United Kingdom; Direct purchase; March 2015. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, a British statesman, who is best remembered as the founder of Singapore. Raffles was Lieutenant-Governor of Java in 1811, and instrumental in maintaining the British strongholds in the Dutch East Indies. Rare material - handle and store according to library's policy for handling and storing such material. John Bastin Collection (B29267865A) (Catalogue ref: III/6). Bound with: The new monthly magazine, vol. vii, no. 38, March 1, 1817, pages [97]-192.