Memorial album presented to M.J. Tiele by the Tabak Maatschappij Arendsburg, 1887

Album for Chief Administrator M.J. Tiele of the Tobacco Company Arendsburg on Sumatra.<BR />Donated by Tiele's colleagues upon his departure for Europe in 1887 as a reminder of his stay in Deli and Bedagei from 1877 to 1887.<BR />The bookbinding was made by J.M. van Kempen and Sons in Voorschoten.<BR />Tiele was an agricultural and horticultural expert. He is considered one of the innovators who brought tobacco cultivation to new prosperity.