Gibson, Walter M.

The prison of Weltevreden; and a glance at the East Indian archipelago.

New York, J. C. Riker, 1855. 8vo. xiv + 496 pp. + 11 woodcut plates. 26 woodcut illustrations in text. Publisher’s cloth. First edition. “Consecrated to the elevation of the native races of the East India Archipelago, in religious truth, in morals, and social virtues; and to the mitigation of the selfishness and asperity of European dominion in the East; through the development of a closer sympathy between Western Intelligence and Eastern Imagination; under the fostering influence of the faith and enthusiasm of woman, – of the WOMEN OF CHRISTENDOM, to whom this work is earnestly inscribed by the author” (preface).

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• librero: Lowendahl Rare Books Ltd (THAILAND)