’t Verwaerloosde Formosa, of Waerachtig verhael, hoedanigh door verwaerloosinge der Nederlanders in Oost-Indien, het Eylant Formosa, van den Chinesen Mandorijn, ende Zeerover Coxinja, overrompelt, vermeestert, ende ontweldight is geworden [...] met schoone figuren verciert.

4to: [8]-45-[3]-72-38-[2 bl.] pp. (toned, sl. spotting, some unobtrusive dampstaining).

Mod. vellum-covered boards, decorative endpapers (sl. warping). Good copy.

Rare complete copy of this account by the last colonial Dutch governor of Formosa (Taiwan), the Swedish nobleman Coyett (1615-1687). Ill. with an engr. front. and 7 full-page pl. (incl. 1 folding and 1 with 2 scenes). “The island Formosa was in 1624 seized by the Dutch. It was conquered by a Chinese pirate who said he would liberate the Chinese from the Manchu invasion against the Ming dynasty. He never did, and in 1682 a descendant made a deal with the Manchu whereby the Peking government took over the island” (H. Reichert). Printed in gothic type. Ref. Cordier (Sinica) 285. - STCN 850652669 (i.a. BL). - Not in Bn-Opale plus.