A. BÓGAERT'S HISTORISCHE REIZEN DOOR D'OOSTERSCHE DEELEN VAN ASIA:

door hem bezocht en door wandelt, beneffens een nauwkeurig ontwerp van de Zeden, Drachten, Wetten, en Godtsdienst der zelve Inwoonders, en wat verder wegens de Dieren, Planten, Vruchten, enz. in die Gewesten aanmer keswaardig is: Mitsgaders Een Omstandig verhaal van den Bantamschen inlandschen oorlog, het verdryven der Francoizen uit het Koninkryk Siam, en't geen aan Kaap de goede Hoop in den jaare 1706 is voorgevallen, tot aan het opontbod des Gouverneurs Willem Adriaan van der Stel. Met printver-beeldingen versiert.

First edition: 604 pages, 10 engraved plates – 4 folding, full green leather with gilt decoration on the upper cover and spine, red title label gilt on the spine, the leather on the spine has faded to brown, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, ownership mark embossed at the bottom of a front free end paper, book plate, engraved portrait of the author, a very good copy.

Added engraved title page with imprint: t'Amsterdam, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, Boekverkoper,1711

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography Volume 1 page 146: A. Bogaert's historical travels through the eastern part of Asia, including a descriptive account of the kingdoms and provinces visited and traversed by him, as well as an exact sketch of the manners, customs, laws, and religion of the inhabitants, and furthermore of the animals, plants, fruits, &c, which are remarkable in these regions. Together with a circumstantial account of the war in the interior of Bantam, the expulsion of the French from the kingdom of Siam, and what happened in the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1706 up to the time of the recall of the Governor William Adrian van der Stel. With plates.

An account of Abraham Bogaert's third voyage to the Indies, at the outset of which he encountered a great storm, and his ship put into Plymouth. When the ship was ready for sea again, a fresh start was made, and passing the Canaries and Teneriffe, the vessel arrived in Table Bay in July 1702. There are descriptions of the country and the Hottentots, including a very curious plate. After a ten days' stay in Table Bay, the voyage was resumed to Bantam. Bogaert returned from the East Indies in the year 1706, calling again at Table Bay, and " he devoted two long chapters to an account of the tyranny practised by Governor William Adrian van der Stel, and its consequences. Of this he was more than a spectator, as he took an active part in the cause of the burghers. For this period of Cape history his work is of great value. ..." (Theal, " History of South Africa, 1481-1691.") There is the full text of the memorial sent home by the burghers complaining of the conduct of the Governor, and this memorial, according to Theal, was put into Bogaert's hands for safe custody, until the ship was fairly on its homeward voyage. No less than 138 pages of the volume are devoted to the account of Van Der Stel's case, and there is a view of Vergelegen, the Governor's estate, on which he had erected a large mansion. Amongst the engravings is a portrait of the author from a painting by Van Der Hess.