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[Vos, Michiel Christiaan] : Merkwaardig verhaal, aangaande het leven en de lotgevallen van Michiel Christiaan Vos, Predikant der Hervormde Christelijke Gemeente, op onderscheidene plaatsen in Nederland, Afrika en Azië; van zijne Jeugd af tot den tijd van zijn Emeritusschap

(Holland, Mich.: E. Meijer & C. Vorst, 1861)

Title continues: Door hem zelven in den Jare 1819 briefsgewijze aan eenen vriend medegedeeld. Crown 8vo; original quarter calf, with marbled sides; pp. (viii) + 204 + (x). Signed in pencil 'Adriaan Janse / Grand Rapids / Mich' to front free endpaper, and 'Adrian Janse / Grand Rapids' to rear free endpaper. The final pages provide a list of subscribers, from places in New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Jersey, whose surnames indicate that they were almost exclusively members of the Dutch community in the United States. The American printing of this work is exceedingly uncommon, and not listed in SABIB. Boards rather rubbed, and spine ends worn; hinges starting; foxed throughout; trace of damp ingress. "The remarkable narrative of the life and adventures of Michael Christian Vos, preacher of the Reformed Christian Community, in various localities in Dutch South Africa and Asia, from his youth to the time of his superannuation, written by him in the year 1819, and communicated to a friend in a series of letters. ... Michael Christian Vos was born in Cape Town on December 31, 1759, and after receiving a preliminary education at the Cape, proceeded in the year 1790 to Holland to study divinity. Returning to South Africa in 1794, he was appointed minister at Roodezand, but in 1802 he left this place for England, where he entered the service of the London Missionary Society. He went to Ceylon and Madras, again returning to the Cape in 1809. He was then called to the position of minister to the Swartberg (afterwards Caledon) community, where he remained till his superannuation in 1818, when he took up his residence at Roodesand (Tulbagh)." - Mendelssohn II, p. 576

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