1814 - 1889 INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS, PLANS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS
= Fine copy w. the rare dustwr.
- Spine restored; backstrip faded and worn.
- One dustwr. w. sm. dam. spot.
Termorshuizen, G.P.A. P.A. Daum. Journalist en romancier van tempo doeloe. N.pl., the author, 1988, 639p., frontisp. portrait, ills., orig. wr., thesis. Walraven, W. Brieven. Aan familie en vrienden 1919-1941. Introd. F. Schamhardt. Amst., G.A. van Oorschot, 1992, 2nd enl. ed., 948p., india-paper, orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 2 others by W. WALRAVEN.
- Lacks 1 plate and 12 unpaginated pages at the end; library stamp on title-p.; foxed. Binding rubbed along extremities; old cl. partly worn away at joints.
= Bastin/ Brommer n683; Rouffaer/ Muller p.5; Cat. NHSM p.248; Tiele 694.
= The Dutch passages show that there was a problem with the Dutch military torturing militant Indonesian suspects, which had to be brought under control.
AND 2 others, incl. an archive with numerous (manuscript/ carbon copies of) reports, official documents (i.a. concerning appointments, divorces, payments, invoices and other legal matters), partly in Dutch, partly in Indonesian, all dated ±1922-1928.
- Vaguely soiled spots near lower edge.
- Lacks the first and third part; second part trifle waterstained in lower right margin.
- First vol. title-p. and last plate browned; both vols. trifle foxed, mostly on pastedowns. Spines sunned; 2nd vol. covers sl. soiled.
= Inlandsche kunst van Nederlandsch Oost-indië. Rouffaer/ Muller suppl. III, p.2, 353.
AND 1 other: A.J. BERNET KEMPERS, Ageless Borobudur (Wassenaar, 1976, num. photogr. (full-p.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to. Sm. paper remnants on first free endpaper; dustwr. w. sm. tear).
- Vol. 1 title-p. browned. = Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. III, p.2, 353; Braches/ Heijbroek p.368ff.
- Library stamp ("Deutsche Kolonial-Bibliothek") on title-p. Binding sl. scratched and dustsoiled; sm. annots. in pen on frontcover.
= Kleykamp 77; Braches/ Heijbroek p.319ff.
Idem. Zwerftocht door Timor en onderhoorigheden. Ibid., idem, 1925, 175,(1)p., num. ills. and bookdec. by the author, printed in red and black, orig. gilt dec. cl., folio.
= Braches/ Heijbroek p.350ff.
AND 2 others by the same: Heilige steden Engelsch Indië (The Hague, 1924, 1 orig. col. woodcut, plates, ills., folio) and Het huis op den heuvel (ibid., 1949, plates, orig. cl., 4to).
- Binding rubbed and worn.
Hunger, F.W.T. De Oliepalm (Elaeis Guineensis). Historisch onderzoek over den oliepalm in Nederlandsch-Indië. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1924, 2nd enl. ed., XIX,(1),383p., plates, ills., orig. wr.
- FIne, unopened copy. = Rare.
Swart, N.L. and Rutgers, A.A.L. (ed.). Handboek voor de rubbercultuur in Nederlandsch-Indië. Amst., J.H. de Bussy, 1921, XV,(1),777,(1),XIVp., plates, ills., orig. gilt cl., 4to. - AND 8 others, i.a. P.J.S. CRAMER, Gegevens over de variabiliteit van de in Nederlandsch-Indië verbouwde koffie-soorten (Batavia, 1913, plates, orig. boards); F.W.T. HUNGER, Cocos Nucifera. Handboek voor de kennis van den cocos-palm in Nederlandsch-Indië (...) (Amst., 1920, (col.) plates, ills., orig. hmor.); I. BOLDINGH, Zakflora voor de landbouwstreken op Java (Weltevreden/ Bandoeng, 1922, orig. boards, narrow 8vo) and L.TH. MAIJER, De Javaan als landbouwer en veefokker (Batavia, 1898, contemp. hcl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down).
= With annotation in pen and ink on verso: "Veel heil en zegen in 1909. Familie du Chattel. Genomen Nov. Nongko Djadjar".
AND 26 other photographs, various sizes, i.a. views of Garut, Bandung, Tosari.
- Flimsies foxed.
= Series with views of the city Cilacap (Java) and surroundings. I.a. "Tjilatjapsch Strand", "passar", "Passar Plassen", "Kaliosso", "Tangsi", "havensteiger", "Paaldorp Moetean", "Assistent Residentswoning", "Donan", "Hoofdweg". Ten mounts with manuscript information on verso in pen and ink, probably by a Dutch employee of the company Rouwenhorst Mulder & Co. "Heelemaal links ziet U een huisje. Dat is ons badhuis. Jammer dat bij deze opname de hemel bewolkt is. Bij helder weer zou precies in 't midden op den achtergrond de slamat te zien geweest zijn. U kunt hier ook zien, hoe vuil het strand steeds is met alles wat er aanspoelt".
- Most prints sl. frayed in lower margin or corners.
= All views of the (surroundings of) the crater of the vulcano.
- Lacks 5 plates, but with 2 extra plates (with different illustrations) of no.28 and a plate numb. "40B"; most plates foxed in blank margins.
= The set consists of two different editions: helio-engraved plates printed on heavy paper and helio-engraved plates printed on chine-collé (the latter plates have blue paper KITLV library tickets in upper and lower margins and cancel/ doublure stamps on verso).
WITH: 31 duplicates of the prints above, almost all printed on chine-collé (all with blue paper KITLV library tickets in upper and lower margins and cancel/ doublure stamps on verso; most plates foxed in blank margins). - AND WITH ±60 other photogr. plates, mostly from C. LEKKERKERKER, Indië (incl. approx. 30 duplicates and incl. 3 orig. photographs).
- Photograph no. 1 missing; board leaves of no. 2 and 50 rather heavily foxed/ stained, also affecting photographs; some other lvs./ photographs w. minor foxing.
= Beautiful albums containing sharp and lively views of Batavia, Buitenzorg, Weltevreden, Semarang, Soerabaja, Solo, Djokja, Malang, Garoet, Bandoeng, the Boroboedoer, Tosari, the Bromo and a few staged/ studio scenes with i.a. durian salesmen, gamelan players and dancers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
= Thilly Weissenborn was the owner of photo-atelier Lux in Garut. The esthetic quality of her work was highly appreciated by Louis Couperus who ordered 20 photographs from her atelier to be included in his book Oostwaarts.
- Lacks one photograph and a few captions.
= With mounted typescript leaf on upper pastedown: "Aan den vertrekkenden President der A.V.R.O.S. [Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra] Dr. J.F.A.M. Buffart. Ter herinnering aan het Java Immigranten Bureau". Contains images of the offices of the J.I.B. at Gloegoer (Medan) and groups of Javanese migrant workers.
AND a private album containing ±70 mounted photographs of a journey to the Dutch East Indies (via Lissabon, Port Said etc.).