Colour Plate & Illustrated
DOREN, Jean Baptist J.
Reis naar Nederlands Oost-Indie of land- en zeetogten gedurende de twee eerste jaren mijns verblijfs op Java.
Langenhuysen, 's Gravenhage 1851. First edition. 2 volumes, octavo, 315; 401, [3]pp., 2 lithographed titles, 3 folding maps, 27 lithographed plates including 18 hand-coloured costume plates, illustrations in text, occasional light spotting, later brown half morocco gilt, neatly rebacked preserving original spines, an excellent set.
The first book with coloured plates of Indonesia. The author served in the Oost Indische Kavallerie between 1821 and 1839 and his knowledge gained from that position provided him with the material for several books published in the 1850s and 1860s. The first volume contains a description of the voyage out including much on Africa. The second volume deals with Batavia and the surrounding area. Bastin-Brommer N 237; Landwehr, Coloured plates, 273; Tiele 332.
Price: £ 2500
US Dollar Price: $ 3760
Stock Number: 64835