78/2695 [Indonesia]. Doren, J.B.J. van. Reis naar Nederlands Oost-Indië of Land- en zeetogten gedurende de twee eerste jaren mijns verblijfs op Java. The Hague, Gebr. J. & H. van Langenhuysen, 1851, 2 parts in 1 vol., 315; 401,(3)p., 2 lithogr. title-pages, 3 fold. lithogr. maps/ plans, 18 handcol. gommé and 9 tinted/ monochr. lithogr./ engr. plates by SIMONAU and TOOVEY, num. woodengr. ills., orig. gilt hmor., 4to.

- A few plates sl. foxed. Both covers faded in top margin; backstrip trifle rubbed. Good copy.

= Bastin/ Brommer p.14, n.237; Rouffaer/ Muller p.713; Tiele 332; Cat. NHSM I, p.246; Landwehr, Dutch books w. col. plates 273: "(...) the first colour book of Indonesia". Bastin/ Brommer p.142: "The author, Jean Baptist van Doren, served in Indonesia in the Oost Indische Kavallerie between 1821 and 1839, and his knowledge of the country provided him with material for a whole string of books which were published during the 185s and 1860s". Rare.