1440 - 1533 INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS and PLANS, PRINTS and DRAWINGS
- Passepartout covering the first letter of the privilege/ last letter of the address.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 317. After the view by Mathias de Sallieth after Hendrik Kobell, published in 1779.
- Covers sl. soiled.
Lindeboom, L. Oude K.P.M.-Schepen van 'Tempo Doeloe'. Bilthoven, Maritieme Stichting, 1990-2000, 12 vols., ills., Dutch and English text, orig. unif. wr. - AND 9 others, i.a. L.L. VON MÜNCHING, De geschiedenis van de Batavier lijn (Franeker, 1994, ills., orig. boards).
- Trifle foxed. Modern shelf ticket on spine.
= Sharp criticism of the "Cultivation System" implemented in 1830 by governor-general Johannes van den Bosch. Rouffaer/ Muller p.189.
Pierson, N.G. Het kultuurstelsel. Zes voorlezingen. Amst., P.N. van Kampen, 1868, VIII,230p., fold. table, contemp. hmor.
= Rouffaer/ Muller p.197.
AND 14 others, mostly small publications, i.a. (C.H.F. RIESZ), De Koloniaal-Radicalen en het Cultuur-Stelsel (The Hague, 1862, orig. wr.); J.D. VAN HERWERDEN, Is overgang tot vrijen-landbouw op Java, zonder slooping van het stelsel van kultuur, nu reeds mogelijk? (ibid., 1854, orig. wr.) and J.J. ROCHUSSEN, Het wets-ontwerp op particuliere cultuur-ondernemingen in Nederlandsch-Indië, beoordeeld in verband met het Gouvernements-Cultuur-Stelsel (ibid., 1862, orig. wr.).
- Lacks the maps of Java (supplied in facsimile); one plan torn; waterst. in upper blank margin; old owner's entry on title-p.
= On the action taken by Generaalgouverneur J.W. Janssens in the war with the English in 1811 on Java.
- Sl. waterst. and yellowed; lacks at least one leaf at the end.
= Diary of army Lieutenant Strengnart kept during his service in Borneo, written in a small but well legible hand.
WITH several other items, i.a. a drawing "Gevecht bij Madjabar op den 1e January 1862. Aan den 1e Luitenant Strengnart ter herinnering" (pen and ink and grey wash with some brown, 13,5x23,5 cm., signed [illegibly] and "Tanuang Layang den 2e Maart 1863"), a wedding cabinet photograph showing Strengnart and his bride A.S.P. van Kalken, the latter's printed obituary (1900), a military decoration and a curious manuscript (in 2 fold. parts) containing Arab text and various symbols w. manuscript on verso: "Gevonden in de hoofddoek van een door mij neergesabelden [?]", w. accomp. manuscript letter from the Rijks Ethnographisch Museum, dated 1908: "(...) Het mij toegezonden document is een voorwerp dat bij Maleiers algemeen als amulet wordt gebruikt en hetzij in hoofddoek of op andere plaatsen van het lichaam in kokertjes wordt meegevoerd (...)".
- Fine. = Rouffaer/ Muller, suppl. II p.91.
De Meeting van 25 Mei 1922 in het Deca Park. Verbond van Vereenigingen van Landsdienaren. Stenografisch verslag van de openbare vergadering. Weltevreden, n.publ., 1922, 50p., 12 portraits, 1 plate, modern giltlettered batik binding, orig. wr. pres., obl. 4to.
- Sl. yellowed; partly vaguely waterst.
AND 4 others, i.a. HET INDISCHE STADSBEELD VOORHEEN EN THANS (Bandoeng, 1937, photogr. ills., orig. cl., 4to. Frontcover waterst.) and DE BUITENBEZITTINGEN 1904 TOT 1914. Deel 1 (n.pl., 1914, (fold.) (col.) maps/ plates, orig. hcl., folio).
- Browned; paper rather brittle; tear in title-p. closed w. scotch tape on verso. Binding sl. worn.
= On p.95 (marked w. col. pencil) E. Douwes Dekker is mentioned as secretary of the "Residentie Menado" and "Land- of Minahassa-Raad", a position he occupied from 1848 to 1851, before being appointed assistent-resident of Ambon.
AND 6 others, i.a. P.M.L. DE BRUYN PRINCE, Officiële bescheiden betreffende de dienst van Multatuli als Oost-Indies Ambtenaar. Max Havelaar op de Westkust van Sumatra (Amersf., 1910, 2nd ed., fold. plate, orig. cl.).
- Without the 2 text vols. Upper joint splitting.
Haks, L. and Wachlin, S. Indonesië. 500 oude prentbriefkaarten. (Rijswijk), Atrium, 2005, 288p., over 500 col. ills. and maps, orig. wr., obl. large 8vo.
= Each chapter comes with an introduction by D. Darling.
AND 3 others.
- Binding trifle foxed.
Carpenter, B.W. W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First European Artist in Bali. Abcoude, Uniepers, 1997, 208p., richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. 4to. 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.
- Vol. 1 (of 3) only; partly sl. foxed and yellowed.
= Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the Indies, p.53: "His chief work is the three volume Travels by Land and by Sea in the Netherlands Indies. (...) Olivier's work shows a thorough understanding of the Indies and its peoples that is ahead of its time (...) His books do not emphasize the European world but the autochtonous society instead. (...) He recommends ways in which European officials and officers ought to approach the population that are progressive by any standard."; Tiele 816; Rouffaer/ Muller p.2; Bastin/ Brommer n179; Buur, Persoonlijke documenten 7. Rare.
- Folded once; sl. worn/ dam. in lower margin/ corner of first leaf; waterstained/ fingersoiled in margins.
= Intriguing manuscript: a pustaha is the magic book of the Batak people of North Sumatra, in which magician priests wrote the recipes, formulas and laws (in old Batak script) that they would need for properly executing their function. The contents of a pustaha can be divided in three categories: the art to sustain life (white magic), the art to destroy life (black magic), and the art of divination. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.
= Rare series of political pamphlets.
AND ±50 others, incl. small publications and pamphlets, of political interest concerning i.a. colonialism/ decolonisation, revolutionary struggle etc., ±1915-1965.
= Impressive survey of photographs of Batavia, with extensive background documentation on photographers, locations, history and architecture.
Theuns-de Boer, G. and Asser, S. Isidore van Kinsbergen. Fotopionier en theatermaker in Nederlands-Indië. Zaltbommel etc., Aprilis etc., 2005, 295p., (tinted) photogr. ills., orig. hcl., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. E. BRETON DE NIJS, Batavia. Koningin van het Oosten (The Hague, 1976, photogr. plates, orig. wr., obl. folio).
- Frontcover sl. creased and dented; sm. portion of cloth over backcover worn off. = Ockeloen p.708.
Kant-Achilles, M., Seltmann, F. and Schumacher, R. Wayang Beber. Das wiederentdeckte Bildrollen-Drama Zentral-Javas. Stuttg., F. Steiner, 1990, 262p., plates, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 5 others in 6 vols., i.a. O. HÖVER, Javanische Schattenspiele (Leipsic, 1923, plates (1x col.), orig. limp boards, sm. 4to) and J. KUNST, Music in Java. Its History, its Theory and its Technique (The Hague, 1973, 2 vols., plates, scores, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.
- Laid down on board; sl. dust-/ fingersoiled in margins; a few scattered sm. scratched/ worn spots; sm. screwhole in each corner (w. sl. dam. to lower left corner).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.
- Large fold. plate of Amboina w. (closed) tear in image; occas. some dampstaining in blank margins (not affecting the plates). Sold w.a.f.
- With sm. restored hole in the upper right quadrant of the work.