Selections from the Dutch Records of the Ceylon Government No.5 [:] Memoir of Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon, delivered to his successor Lubbert Jan Baron van Eck, on March, 17, 1762. Translated from the original by E. Reimers, M.B.E
by SCHREUDER, Jan
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About This Item
Columbo, Sri Lanka: State Printing Corporation of Sri Lanka, 1946. 202pp. records of 1762 by Schreuder "Delivered to his successor Lubbert Jan Baron van Eck" (here translated from the Dutch into English, but incls. Dutch text; original document held in the Archives at The Hague). A fascinating insight into social conditions of the mid-18th C. Blue cloth boards, gilt to spine: a little rubbed. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Title
- Selections from the Dutch Records of the Ceylon Government No.5 [:] Memoir of Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon, delivered to his successor Lubbert Jan Baron van Eck, on March, 17, 1762. Translated from the original by E. Reimers, M.B.E
- Author
- SCHREUDER, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- State Printing Corporation of Sri Lanka
- Place of Publication
- Columbo, Sri Lanka
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Sri Lanka Ceylon History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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