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78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed 78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed
78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed 78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed
78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed 78 892 Rouffaer G P and Juynboll H H ed
78/ 892 Rouffaer, G.P. and Juynboll, H.H. (ed.). De batik-kunst in Nederlandsch-Indië en haar geschiedenis op grond van materiaal aanwezig in 's Rijks Etnographisch Museum en andere openbare en particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland. Pref. J.D.E. Schmeltz. Utr., A. Oosthoek, 1914, 3 vols., (10),XXX ("inleiding"),112,IX("bijlage I/ II"); 113-232,XI-XXV("bijlage III"); (4),XXVII-XXXIV("bijlage IV"), 233-534,15("index"), XXXI-LXV ("register")p., 100 (double-p.) (col.) plates, ills., Dutch/ German juxtaposed text, 1 fold. lithogr. map (of 2), contemp. giltlettered hcalf, folio.

- Two textleaves and 2 plates loose; lacks the first map; occas. sl. foxed. Bindings plasticized; backstrips worn.

= "Publicaties van Rijks Ethnographisch Museum, Series II, 1." Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. I, p.228; Hiler p.761; Lipperheide Yb 68; Siegelaub p.283: "A major early and exhaustive study on batik in Indonesia." Scholarly and definitive work on the Netherlands-Indies' batik art. Contains a wealth of creative and partly colourful designs and patterns, a bibliography and numerous photographic plates illustrating the creative process, different materials and techniques, people in traditional batik dress etc. The plates mainly printed by Kleinmann & Co., Haarlem. Very rare standard work on the subject. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.

€ (800-1.000)
78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A 78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A
78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A 78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A
78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A 78 893 Sumatra Collet O J A
78/ 893 [Sumatra]. Collet, O.J.A. Terres et peuples de Sumatra. Amst., Elsevier, 1925, 1st ed., XVI,562,(1)p., 1 fold. col. lithogr. map, num. plates and ills., printed in 1025 copies (1000), later Batik cl. w. orig. paper letterpiece, orig. dec. wr. pres., 4to.

- (Sl.) foxed/ stained throughout, otherwise fine.

= Important work on the people of Sumatra and Nias. Rouffaer/ Muller suppl.II, p.17.

€ (50-70) 50
78 894 Sumatra Schouw Santvoort J a o 78 894 Sumatra Schouw Santvoort J a o
78/ 894 [Sumatra]. Schouw Santvoort, J. a.o. Tijdschrift van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. Bijbladen, eerste deel. Sumatra-expeditie. Amst./ Utr., C.L. Brinkman/ J.L. Beijers, 1879, (3),235,(1)p., 14 (fold.) (col.) maps and 2 plates, orig. gilt dec. cl., 4to.

- First part wormholed/ small tear in lower margin; occas. (sl.) foxed. Binding w. a few sl. worn spots.

= Important issue of the periodical of the Dutch Geographical Society, containing the scientific travel report of the expedition in Central Sumatra (Plan van een onderzoekingstocht in Midden-Sumatra and Berichten ontleend aan de Rapporten en Correspondentiën ingekomen van de leden der Sumatra-Expeditie).

Arndt, P. Gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse der Ngadha. Studia Instituti Anthropos Vol. 8. Vienna, St. Gabriel, 1954, XII,543,(4)p., 1 fold. map, orig. hcl., 4to.

- Owner's stamp on (h)title; margins of text and binding sl. wormholed; sm. annot. on frontcover.

= Study of the languages and cultures of the Ngadha in Central Flores, Indonesia.

AND 15 others, i.a. J. WARNECK, 50 Jahre Batakmission in Sumatra (Berlin, 1911, 1 fold. map, num. photogr. plates, orig. pict. cl.).

€ (80-100) 80
78/895 Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Weetenschappen 78/895 Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Weetenschappen
78/ 895 Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Weetenschappen. Rott./ Amst., R. Arrenberg/ J. Allart, 1781-1786, 4 vols., 1 fold. engr. map, 1 fold. plan, 4 (of 5?) fold. views, contemp. unif. boards.

- Contents occas. loose and sl. duststained along margins (plates partly trifle age-toned, otherwise all fine); all vols. libr. stamp(s) on title-p. and htitle. Bindings worn/ dam. (covers partly loose (vol.1 lacks frontcover). Sold w.a.f.

€ (150-250) 150
78/896 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal Land en Volkenkunde No 15 32 36 38 41 50 51 1 2 52 57 67 78/896 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal Land en Volkenkunde No 15 32 36 38 41 50 51 1 2 52 57 67
78/ 896 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. No. 15, 32, 36, 38, 41, 50, 51.1-2, 52, 57, 67. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1955-1974, 11 vols., (fold.) maps, (photogr.) plates and ills., orig. almost unif. wr., large 8vo.

- Some vols. w. owner's entry on htitle. Vol. 15 wr. sl. worn/ stained. Otherwise fine.

= The 'VKI, which started in 1938, is the longest running series of monographs and edited volumes on the humanities and social sciences of Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Topics of these vols. include 19th-cent. Borneo, the recent history of Indonesian criminal law, and the Peasants' Revolt of Banten in 1888.

AND 3 others, i.a. H. SCHÄRER, Die Gottesidee der Ngadju Dajak in Süd-Borneo (Leyden, 1946, 1 fold. map, 26 (col.) plates, textills., orig. wr., large 8vo).

€ (80-100)
78 897 Wall V I van de 78 897 Wall V I van de
78/ 897 Wall, V.I. van de. De Nederlandsche oudheden in de Molukken. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1928, XX,313,(1)p., 3 fold. maps, 155 ills. on 93 plates, contemp. giltlettered hmor., 4to.

- Occas. trifle foxed. Spine sl. rubbed. = Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl.III, p.28.

€ (60-80) 60
78 898 Wall V I van de 78 898 Wall V I van de
78/ 898 Wall, V.I. van de. Oude Hollandsche buitenplaatsen van Batavia. Deel I (all published). Deventer, W. van Hoeve, (1943), 2nd enl. ed., 174p., 83 ills. on plates, plans, (fold.) tables, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

- Mounted manuscript dedic. on htitle; occas. sl. foxed. Wr. dam.

Wall, V.I. van de. Indische landhuizen en hun geschiedenis. Deel I (all published). Batavia, Kon. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 1932, XII,(4),123p., frontisp. and 45 plates w. ills. and plans, 4 (fold.) tables, orig. hcl., 4to.

- Textp. sl. foxed/ browned; frontisp. loosening. Wr. w. dam. spots repaired w. tape.

Haks, L. and Maris, G. (ed.). Lexicon of Foreign Artists Who Visualized Indonesia (1600-1950). Surveying painters, watercolourists, draughtsmen, sculptors, illustrators, graphic and industrial artists. Utr., G.J. Bestebreurtje, 1995, 528p., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to (fine).

€ (50-70) 70
78 899 Wright A and Breakspear O T 78 899 Wright A and Breakspear O T
78/ 899 Wright, A. and Breakspear, O.T. Twentieth Century Impressions of Netherlands India. Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. London etc., Lloyd's, 1909, 606,(2)p., richly illustrated, orig. gilt mor. w. gilt coat of arms of Batavia on frontcover, a.e.g., 4to.

- Spine discoloured; upper joint splitting at top of spine. = Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. I, p.3.

€ (150-250) 150
78 900 Africa Barth H 78 900 Africa Barth H
78/ 900 [Africa]. Barth, H. Lotgevallen en ontdekkingen op eene reis in het noorden en midden van Afrika, op last der Britsche regering in de jaren 1849 tot 1855 gedaan. Introd. J. van der Hoeven. Den Bosch, Gebr. Muller, 1858-1859, 5 vols., fold. lithogr. map, 19 col. plates, 1 monochr. lithogr. plan, contemp. unif. gilt hcl. w. orange mor. letterpiece.

- Sl. foxed; closed tears and some false creases in map. Paper over covers sl. worn/ chafed.

= First Dutch translation of "Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central Afrika" (1857-1858). Henze I, p.175-183: "Der Bahnbrecher der Sahara- und Sudan-Forschung. (...) Schnell liess B. sein grosses Reisewerk, in englischer und deutscher Fassung, folgen, durch das Licht wurde über einen Grossteil Nord- und Zentral-Afrikas. Was vorher bruchstückhaft und unverständlich aus der arabischen Berichten (...) dagelegen hatte, wurde nun erst verständlich." Tiele 74; Landwehr, Dutch books col. plates 233.

€ (150-250) 190
78 901 Africa Dalzel A ed 78 901 Africa Dalzel A ed
78/ 901 [Africa]. Dalzel, A. (ed.). De geschiedenis van Dahomy, een binnenlands koningrijk van Afrika; benevens het verhaal eener binnenlandsche reize in Afrika naar 't hof van Bossa Ahadee, koning van Dahomy; alles verzameld uit echte schriften. The Hague, J.C. Leeuwestyn, 1800, (14),XXXVI,44, 392p., fold. engr. map, 4 fold. plates, 19h cent. blue hmor. w. gilt spine.

- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Otherwise fine.

= Cf. Cox I, p.392 (ed. London, 1793); cf. Kainbacher I, p.157 and Engelmann I, p.176 (both listing the German ed. 1799). "The official situation which the author held gave him opportunities of gaining much valuable information, the accuracy of which may be depended upon - Lowndes" (Cox, referring to Lowndes p.584). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.

€ (200-300) 230
78 902 Africa Gide A 78 902 Africa Gide A
78/ 902 [Africa]. Gide, A. Voyage au Congo suivi du Retour du Chad. Paris, Gallimard, (1929), 304,(3)p., 4 maps, 63 (of 64) photogr. plates, printed in 1599 numb. copies (1500), contemp. hmor., orig. wr. pres., folio.

- Lacks one plate; one plate loose. Spine trifle rubbed. = Cf. Kainbacher II, p.142.

€ (150-250)
78 903 Africa Mantero F 78 903 Africa Mantero F
78/ 903 [Africa]. Mantero, F. Manual Labour in S. Thomé and Principe. Translated fromt the Portuguese. Lisbon, Annuario Commercial, 1910, 183,(9)p., 2 fold. (col.) maps, num. (mainly photogr.) plates (3x fold.), 11 tables/ charts, orig. wr., large 4to.

- Both wrappers sl. creased in lower outer corner; top of spine sl. worn.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso of title-p. "To His Excellency the British Minister Resident at Munich (...) Lisbon, September 1910". Written in response to W. Cadbury's "The Labourers of S. Thome & Principe" (1909 ), in which the Portuguese cocao plantation owners of Sao Tomé were accused of slavery practices.

€ (60-80) 60
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F 78 904 Africa Prevost d'Exiles A F
78/ 904 [Africa]. (Prevost d'Exiles, A.F.). Histoire générale des voyages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes Langues de toutes les Nations connues (...). Vol. 4 and 5. The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1747/ 1748, 2 vols., (2),614; (2),VI,484p., 27/ 41 (fold.) engr. maps/ plans and plates, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. richly gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Apart from a few minor defects, both fine.

= Vol. 4 dealing with the "Voyages au long des côtes occidentales d'Afrique, depuis le Cap-Blanco jusqu'à Sierra-Leona." and vol. 5 subtitled: "Description de la Guinée (a), contenant La Géographie et l'Histoire Naturelle et Civile du Pays." Sabin 65404: "(...) Mainly a reprint of the Paris edition (...)"; Cox I, p.32; Nat. Maritime Mus. I, p.37; NHSM p.108. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.

€ (250-350) 250
78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de 78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de
78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de 78 905 Africa Tournefort J Pitton de
78/ 905 [Africa]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Beschryving van eene reize naar de Levant, gedaan op bevel des Konings van Vrankryk (...). Amst., Janssoons van Waesberge, 1737, 2 parts in 1 vol., (32),191,(1); (4),187,(21)p., 89 (fold.) engr. maps/ plates, 45 ills., later hcl., 4to.

- Contents fine and complete. Spine cracked at two places.

= The first and only Dutch edition. Tiele 1103; Nissen ZBI, 4157 and Hunt 445; Blackmer sale 329 (French edition, 1717) and Atabey 959-961 (various editions). "Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) was one of the greatest botanists of his time, discovering many new plant species during his travels in the Levant." (Blackmer). "The botanist Pitton de Tournefort set out for the Levant in 1700 on a mission for Louis XIV. He was accompanied by the artist Claude Aubriet, whose drawings were engraved for the work, and by the doctor Gundelsheimer. The party travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago and Crete, continuing on to Constantinople and Asia Minor, then overland to Persia, returning to Paris in 1702." (Atabey). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.

€ (400-600)
78 906 America Grant U S 78 906 America Grant U S
78 906 America Grant U S 78 906 America Grant U S
78/ 906 [America]. Grant, U.S. Personal Memoirs. New York, C.L. Webster, 1885, 1st ed., 2 vols., 584; 647,(1)p., 2 steelengr. frontisp. portraits, 2 plates, num. (fold.) facsimiles/ maps/ ills., orig. unif. giltlettered calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Frontisp. to vol.2 dampstained. Both vols. bookplates on upper endpaper; both vols. leather sl. dried and chafed/ sl. worn along extremities.

€ (100-150)
78 907 America Hayden F V 78 907 America Hayden F V
78/ 907 [America]. Hayden, F.V. Twelfth Annual Report of the United Stated Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: a Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part II. Yellowstone National Park. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1883, 1 vol. only (of 2), XXIV,(2),503p., num. fold. maps, tinted/ col. lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered cl.
€ (60-80) 100
78 908 America Robertson W 78 908 America Robertson W
78/ 908 [America]. Robertson, W. The History of America. London/ Edinb., A. Strahan and T. Cadell/ J. Balfour, 1788, 5th ed., 3 vols., XLVII,(1),388; (2),499; (2),439,(39)p., 4 fold. engr. maps, 1 fold. plate, contemp. unif. calf, richly gilt spines w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- First and final lvs. sl. browned. Bindings trifle worn along edges. Otherwise fine. = Sabin 71973 (note).

AND the 1st vol. only of the 2nd American ed. after the 10th Engl. ed. (Philadelphia, 1821).

€ (300-500) 300
78 909 America Sioux Indian Drawings Ed R E Ritzenthaler 78 909 America Sioux Indian Drawings Ed R E Ritzenthaler
78/ 909 [America]. Sioux Indian Drawings. Ed. R.E. Ritzenthaler. Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, 1961, 2 vols.: text booklet: 8p., orig. wr., obl. 8vo; 36 col. plates, loosely inserted in orig. envelope, obl. folio.

- Envelope browned and dam. along extremities. = Primitive Art Series No.1.

€ (50-70) 50
78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J 78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J
78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J 78 910 America Tytler P F and Wilson J
78/ 910 [America]. Tytler, P.F. and Wilson, J. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Edinb./ London, Oliver & Boyd/ Simpkin & Marshall, 1832, 1st ed., 444p., fold. steelengr. map, engr. title and 8 plates/ ills., contemp. cl. w. (dam.) paper letterpiece. Edgar, M. Ten Years of Upper Canada in Peace and War 1805-1815. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891, 2nd(?) ed., (8),389p., 2 portraits, 2 fold. lithogr. maps, orig. gilt cl.

- First portrait and title-p. (water)stained; 2 lvs. w. sm. tear(s) in outer blank margin.

AND 6 others, i.a. E. LIPS, Die Reisernte der Ojibwa-Indianer (Berlin, 1956, num. photogr. ills., orig. hcl. Boards sl. worn) and P. ST. MARTIN a.o., Indians before Columbus (Chicago, 1947, ills., orig. cl. Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on htitle).

€ (50-70) 50
78 911 America Hasty Pudding Club Garrison L M and Martin E S 78 911 America Hasty Pudding Club Garrison L M and Martin E S
78/ 911 [America. Hasty Pudding Club]. Garrison, L.M. and Martin, E.S. Twelfth Catalogue of The Officers and Members of The Hasty Pudding Club. Containing a Brief Sketch of the Club and an Index of Names. (Cambridge), n.publ., 1902, XVI,358p., 2 engr. portraits, printed in 40 numb. copies on Holland hand-made paper, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Sl. rubbed along extremities and on raised bands. Otherwise fine.

= The Hasty Pudding Club was a Harvard student body founded in 1795. Its meetings evolved from social/ patriotic events for members wishing to eat a "bowl of Hasty Pudding" (instead of the meagre food usually supplied in their quarters), to meetings at which plays and musicals were presented.

€ (100-150)
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