Description géographique, historique et commerciale de Java et des autres iles de l'archipel indien / par MM. Raffles, ancien Gouverneur-General Anglais, a Batavia et John Crawfurd, ancien resident a la Cour du Sultan de Java ; contenant des détails sur les moeurs, les arts, les langues, les religions et les usages des habitans de cette partie du monde ; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par M. Marchal ; ouvrage orné de gravures et de cartes coloriées.

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Based on Raffles's The history of Java (London, 1817) and John Crawfurd's History of the Indian Archipelago (Edinburgh, 1820). Contains coloured lithographed plates of Indonesian costume and topography based on platesby William Daniell in Raffles's History of Java--John Bastin catalogue, page 17, item 19. 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 (B29267939C) (Catalogue ref: III/19).