Travel
[STOCKDALE, John].
Sketches, civil and military, of the island of Java and its immediate dependencies: comprising interesting details of Batavia,, and authentic particulars of the celebrated poison-tree.
J.J. Stockdale, London 1812. . Second edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cms), engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement, pp.xi, 450, large folding map of Java, folding plan of Batavia, folding plan of the Strait of Madura, bookplate of Henry Goulbourn on front paste down, hinges slightly cracked, bound in full contemporary calf, spine lavishly gilt decorated and lettered, raised bands; an attractive copy.
This edition enlarged and with a folding chart of the Strait of Madura. After the surrender of Java to the British Forces in the early 1800's there was "such a demand for this humble compilation as seemed to justify the Publisher in bringing forward a new edition of it."
Price: £ 850
US Dollar Price: $ 1690
Stock Number: 70213