Lot 611
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SALM, A. Java. Naar schilderijen en teekeningen (…) op steen gebracht d. J.C. Greive. Amst., F. Buffa & Zn., (1865-72). W. title-p. printed in black and red and 24 chromolithogr. plates, partly finished by hand, hinged to mounts and loose as issued, each mount captioned w. a printed ticket in the outer right lower corner. Lge-fol. Ocl. clamshell portfol. w. ties, front side titled in gold. (Old mounts replaced by high (museum) standard acid free cardboard (0,5 mm), plates and separate tickets mounted w. dextrine, title-p. and plates a bit foxed in places, but a superb copy w. short conservation report by Floor Meijboom).
Abram Salm (1801-1876), tobacco planter, spent twenty-nine years in Indonesia and was a self-taught draughtsman and painter of numerous landscapes in Java, 24 of which were copied by the painter and lithographer J.C. Greive (1837-1891), at the request of the publisher Frans Buffa. The quality and finish of the plates in 'Java' is generally held to be Greive's and Buffa's greatest effort, and thus represent some of the finest 19th c. lithographic book illustrations to have been published in the Netherlands. Moreover Salm depicted landscapes which had scarcely before been depicted in topographical prints of Indonesia. Two versions of this work exist: tinted and coloured with hand finishing; this being a copy with hand finishing. The size of the plates vary slightly, but they are c. 360 x 265 mm each: 1. "t Land Tjitrap'; 2. 'De Vulkaan de Smeroe. Genomen uit de Residentie Passourouang'; 3. 'Waterval Singahan (Residentie Rembang)'; 4. 'Suikerfabriek Pangka (Residentie Tagal)'; 5. 'Gezicht op het Land Tjiliboet (Assistent-Residentie Buitenzorg)'; 6. 'De kleine Baai Srigonjo, Zuidkust van Java (Regentschap Malang, Residentie Passarouang)'; 7. 'De Vuurspuwende Berg Bromo in 1856 (Residentie Probolingo)'; 8. 'Anjer, Noordkust van Java (Residentie Bantam)'; 9. 'Gezicht op de Rivier de Solo (Afdeeling Toeban, Residentie Rembang)'; 10. Gezicht op het Kawische Gebergte en op de Tabaksonderneming (Assistent-Residentie Malang)'; 11. 'Weg van Buitenzorg naar de Vallei van de Salak (Residentie Buitenzorg)'; 12. 'De Rivier Brandas als Bergstroom (Residentie Passarouan)'; 13. 'Landschap in de Bataviasche Ommelanden'; 14. 'Landschap in het Malangsche (Residentie Passarouan)'; 15. 'Huwelijksoptocht in de Vallei van de Salak'; 16. 'Landschap in de Residentie Bantam'; 17. 'Gezicht op het Land Kedong Badak en den Grooten Weg naar Buitenzorg'; 18. 'Dorpsfeest in de Omstreken der Ardjoeno (Residentie Soerabaya)'; 19. 'Landschap in de Maneschijn in de Omstreken van Sumadang (Preanger Regentschappen)'; 20. 'Woest Landschap (Oosthoek van Java)'; 21. 'De Badplaats Wenditt, Afdeling Malang (Residentie Passarouan)'; 22. 'In het Tengersche Gebergte (Oosthoek van Java)'; 23. 'De Groote Weg van Buitenzorg naar de Preanger Regentschappen'; 24. 'In het Sumadangsche (Preanger Regentschappen)'. - Bastin & Brommer, p. 44-45 and note 659; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Cold. Plates, 421.€ 6000
result € 12000
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