78/ 873 Marre, J. de. Batavia, begrepen in zes boeken. Amst., A. Wor/ Erve G. onder de Linden, 1740, (36),320,(6)p., engr. frontisp. and title-vignette by J. PUNT, fold. engr. plan of Batavia by J. VAN DER LAAN, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 4to.

- Without the portrait called for by Scheepers; trifle foxed. a few lvs. waterst. in upper margin.

= Scheepers I, 195; Cat. NHSM II, p.1039; Landwehr VOC, 1547 (also without portrait): "Jan de Marre made a number of voyages to the East over a twenty-three year period for the VOC. His poem praises the VOC and gives historic and topographic details of Batavia and other areas." For the plan of Batavia: Van der Krogt 788. Rare.