Rare. Raffles became lieutenant-governor of Java in 1811, and governor of Sumatra shortly thereafter, gaining renown for his benevolence and his opposition to the slave and opium trades. He brought his administrative experience to bear in Java 'by establishing a connection with the peasantry, by removing, as much as practicable, all restrictions on their trade and industry... and by combining the acknowledged principles of European legislature with the peculiar usages and customs of the country, to introduce a uniform and general system throughout, calculated to draw forth the extensive resources of this colony and to advance the wealth and happiness of its numerous population.' (C. Day, The Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java, 1904, pp. 179-180).

First edition. 4to, vi, 293 pp., contemporary half blue morocco, marbled boards, a fine copy.