The Geldermalsen. History and Porcelain.

Original publisher’s green paper-covered boards, black lettering spine & frontcover, large 4to: 124pp. very richly illustrated, notes & references, large introductory essay on VOC – cargo – Canton in 1751 – shipwreck, CATALOGUE of 86 objects [ cups, bowls, dinner plates, soup plates, cuspidors, vomit pots, dishes, mugs] depicted & described, appendices [Staff and personel at the factory in Canton 1751-1752, Financial survey of trade in Canton 1751-1752, The order for porcelain for 1750, Cargo lists of the Geldermalsen and the Amstelveen, The crew of the Geldermalsen], general bibliography, colophon. – as new. The Geldermalsen was a Dutch V.O.C. ship that sunk on her homeward voyage. in 1752. The cargo was lifted and never before such a complete cargo of porcelain had been recovered from a V.O.C. wreck. Over 150.000 pieces were salveged.