William Marsden sought to establish a regular series of authenticated facts and to describe "things as they exist, rather than to display the powers of a creative imagination", writes Dr John Bastin in his Introduction to this reprint of a book that won immediate recognition as a model of descriptive composition when it was first published in 1793.

The History of Sumatra (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

History

Bastin, John

Marsden, William

Asia

Oxford University Press

Dr. Thomas Horsfield was the first American naturalist to study the flora, fauna, entomology, and geology of Java and the neighboring islands. This facsimile reprint of Horsfield's original volume, (published in 1824), is a splendid account of a pioneering naturalist. Included is a memoir of Horsfield's life by Dr. John Bastin, who painstakingly reconstructs Horsfield's travels during his period in Indonesia, and his subsequent activities in England. Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighboring Islands established Horsfield as one of the great natural historians. The text is a collector's item not only because of its stunning illustrations, but also because it was only the second book ever to be produced containing color lithographs of natural history subjects. Many of the illustrations were produced by William Daniell, the foremost aquatint engraver of Asian topography of his day.

Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighboring Islands (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

Biographies & Memoirs

Horsfield, Thomas

Professionals & Academics

<p>The letters of Sir Stamford Raffles in the collection of Tang Holdings in Singapore has been transcribed and annotated by the world's foremost expert on Raffles, Dr John Bastin.</p>

Letters & Books of Sir Stamford Raffles and Lady Raffles: The Tang Holdings Collections

Didier Millet,Csi

<p>Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to collect various plant and animal specimens, which he then commissioned artists to paint.</p>

Natural History Drawings of Malaya Peninsula 1803-1818: The Complete Farquhar

Arts & Photography

Guan, Kwa Chong

History & Criticism

Didier Millet

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