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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Leiden, Gualth Kolff, 1881. Original decorated red cloth (discoloured). 293 pp. - (Novellen, Levensschetsen en Krijgstafereelen).

First edition; 4 vols, folio; lithographed titles, 103 chromo-lithographed plates mounted on heavy paper after Rappard, original red morocco-backed cloth, decorated in black, silver and gilt, covers with bevelled edges. Bindings rubbed, with wear to extremities, Batavia vol with inner hinges reinforced, scattered foxing throughout, a few small marginal tears to page edges, original tissue guards (some browned, some damaged), a good set. Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions). The work presents a romanticised account of the Indonesia and enjoyed considerable popularity despite its high price. This grand production is distinguished in the history of Indonesian illustration on account of the lithographs being executed not from the original drawings but from photographs. The text is considered highly readable, being by two of the most popular 19th-century writers on Indonesia but it was Rappard's artwork that captured the topography and people of the East Indies that made the series a success. Rappard was an Army officer living in the Dutch colonies from 1842 to 1872. Bastin & Brommer p46; Haks & Maris p 219.

Batavia, G.Kolff, n.d. & 1865. 2 vols. 333,189 pp. Text-ills & 1 lithogr. plate. H.cloth, slightly worn.

's-Hertogenbosch, Muller, 1858. 326 pp. 1 fold. map. H.leather, top of spine missing. Map with some tears (foldings), slightly browned. Library-stamp on title-page.

Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1881, in-folio, 41 x 30 cm, lithographed title page + typographical title + 202 pp + (4)nn pp (index) + 28 colour lithographs ( 170 x 235 mm ) mounted on blank boards, protected with serpents. Bound in publisher's red half leather with richly decorated front cover with gilt and silver ornaments. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Kept in modern red half leather box with gilt lettering on spine and front ( made by Newbold & Collins, Sydney). Some very slight foxing at some pages (mostly at the serpents). The binding with some traces of use, wear at the extremeties. In all still an attractive copy in its original binding. This is the complete volume (on Batavia) in a series of 4 published on the Dutch East-Indies ( Neerlandsch Indië).