80/3565 [VOC and WIC]. Hartgers, J. Oost-Indische Voyagien Door dien Begin en Voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlandtsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Vervatende de voornaemste Reysen, by de Inwoonderen der selver Provintien derwaerts ghedaen. Nevens de beschrijvinghen der Rijcken, Eylanden, Havenen, Revieren, Stroomen, Rheeden, Winden, Diepten en Ondiepten (...). Seer nut ende dienstigh alle Curieuse, ende andere Zee-varende Liefhebbers. Eerste Deel. Daer in begrepen zijn 16 Voyagien. Amst., J. Hartgers, 1648, 1st ed., 16 travels in 13 parts, (introd. (22) of 24)p.), 16 woodcut title-vignettes (14 identical showing 2 vessels at sea), 11 fold. plates w. 6 ills. each, later antique style blindstamped panelled overlapping vellum w. central ornament on both covers, leather ties and red mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks the engr. title; title-p. sl. fingersoiled and outer blank margin restored; first free leaves (incl. title-p.) sl. browned in outer margin. Otherwise fine.

= All published. Landwehr, VOC 251; Cox I, p.30; Tiele 1179; Tiele, Mémoire 8. Contents (as listed by Landwehr): 1. Journals of Gerrit de Veer; 2. First Fleet (Cornelis de Houtman); 3. Second Fleet (Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck); Sebald de Weert's voyage around the world; 4. Olivier van Noort, voyage around the world; 5. Joris van Spilbergen's first voyage and Steven van der Haghen's first voyage; 6. Voyage of Cornelis Matelief; 7. Journals by Pieter van den Broeck; 8. Joris van Spilbergen's second voyage and the journal of Schouten and Le Maire; 9 Journal of the Nassau fleet, Jacques L'Hermite; 10. Journals by Willem IJsbrandtsz. Bontekoe and Dirk Albertsz. Raven; 11. Journal of the Batavia, François Pelsaert; 12. Johan van Twist, description of Gujerat; 13. François Caron, description of Japan with appendices. Extremely rare volume, being a shortened edition of I. Commelin's Begin ende Voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie (...), leaving out 7 voyages, but enlarged with 2 new voyages. Only 1 copy in NCC (Mar. Mus. Prins Hendrik, Rotterdam). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLI.