The history of Java.
By: By Thomas Stamford Raffles, Esq. ... ; In two volumes ... ; With a map and plates.
Publisher: Printed for Black, Parbury, and Allen, Booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company ... and John Murray ...
Published: 1817
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Malayan languages; Java (Indonesia) -- Description and travel; Java (Indonesia) -- History
Description: Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was a British civil servant and statesman best known for his founding of the city (now Republic) of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, a position he held until 1815. After a two-year interlude in England, he sailed back to the East, and established the city of Singapore in 1819. These volumes, written during his governorship and first published in 1817, contain his monumental survey and history of the island state.
Notes: Abbey, J.R. Travel, 554
A comparative vocabulary of the Maláyu, Jávan, Madurese, Báli and Lampúng languages, vol. II. p. [lxxi]-clxvi; Comparative vocabulary of the Sánscrit, Káwi, and Páli, p. clxvii; Vocabulary [English-]Kawi, p. clxviii-clxxiv; Comparative vocabulary of the Bugis, Makasar, Mandhar, Búton, Sasak, Bíma, Sembáwa, Tembóra and Endé languages, p. [cxcviii-cic]; Comparative vocabulary of the Gunung Talu, Menadu, Ternati, Sang'ir, Sirang or Ceram, and Saparúa languages, p. [cc-cci]
Printers' imprint on verso of t.p. and at end of each vol.: Printed by Cox and Baylis ...
Advertisements: [1] p. at end of v. 2 (Abbey records two leaves).