Eerste druk; Multatuli – Max Havelaar – 1860

Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker).Max Havelaar of de Koffij-Veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij.RARE FIRST EDITION - 1860.Published in Amsterdam by J. De Ruyter.Eduard Douwes Dekker (1860-1887) is considered to be one of the Netherlands' greatest authors. An assistant governor resident of Lebak on Java, wrote this novel against the colonial administration's abuses in the Dutch East-Indies (today's Indonesia). What shocked most people was not the novel's social protest but it's surprising form and style. "The novel, Max Havelaar, made Douwes Dekker into the writer Multatuli. The Book became his touchstone and ethical standard. His attitude to all social problems seems either derived from Max Havelaar or from one of its basic themes. It is pivotal to his work, also because his stay in the Dutch East-Indies was decisive in the development of his authorship", (R. Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the Indies, p. 92).Condition: EXCELLENT FIRST EDITION.Complete with 2 volumes in 1. Contemporary half morocco leather boards with the spine lettered in gilt. External covers and spine are slightly worn. A small part of the top of the back cover is a lighter shade. Inner hinges are cracked but all pages are firm and tightly held at the gutters. No tears or holes in... lees verder bij Catawiki