THE HISTORY OF JAVA. [Volume Two]
RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford (1781-1826)
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From HALEWOOD : ABA:ILAB : Booksellers :1867, PRESTON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 13 October 2004
About this Item
Large Quarto, viii, 288pp [2] pp cclx. [2 page adverts]. Plates. VOLUME TWO ONLY. complete with half title, internally FINE UNCUT COPY. Original Grey Boards (spine damaged,worn). Baronial Book-plate. History of Java written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), English colonial administrator and founder of modern Singapore. Raffles was one of the central figures of British influence in Asia, and early study of the history and culture of the Malay peninsula. Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java during the British rule 1811 to 1816, acknowledged as a great influence on the history of Southeast Asia. A literary masterpiece giving an account of the Natural History, Ethnology, Costume, Manners, Implements of Arts & Warfare Mythology, Literature, Poetry, Astronomy, Antiquities and History of Java and the Javanese. Seller Inventory # 635
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE HISTORY OF JAVA. [Volume Two]
Publisher: Printed for Black, Parbury, and Allen, Booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray.,
Publication Date: 1817
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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