Lot 485 , Three 19th century Dutch catalogues of Dutch East Indies coins,

Three 19th century Dutch catalogues of Dutch East Indies coins, including Jacobus Anne van der Chijs, Catalogus der numismatische verzameling van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 1896, re-bound with extra annotated pages by Arber-Cooke, 28 x 19.5cm, some sympathetic page repairs and Verhandelingen Van Het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, two works bound as one vol. published Batavia, Lange & Co.1864., later cloth binding, 28 x 23cm -
De vormveranderingen der Maleische taal by H. von Dewall and De munten van Nederlandsch Indie / beschreven en afgebeeld by E. Netscher en J.A. van der Chijs
Estimate £50-80

Both fair, 1896 Museum catalogue two pages affected by sticky tape at the end of the index, Batavia 1864 tears at spine corners.
Book plate of A. Th. Arber-Cooke

Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Please also view our 30th March sale, lots 105-200, for part two of this collection of Chinese and S. E. Asian coins and charms.

Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Asian works of art, coins and antiquities principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He amassed a good reference library on Chinese & Asian coins and wrote on several occasions (1969-70) to to the academic F.A. Turk regarding the study of coin amulets and other non-currency coinages of China. A number of the Asian numismatic reference books will be offered in our 29th March sale.

Arber-Cooke initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.


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Sold for £110