Lot 778
778
BUDDINGH, S.A. Neêrlands Oost-Indië. Reizen over Java, Madura, Makasser (...) gedaan gedurende het tijdvak van 1852-1857. Rott., M. Wijt, 1859-61. 3 vols. W. fold. cold. lithogr. map, tinted lithogr. portr. & 27 cold./tinted lithogr. plates. Beautiful or. blind tooled & richly gilt dec. cl. (Some wear to extremities, plates a bit foxed as usual). -- Added: P.J. VETH. Java, Geographisch, Ethnologisch, Historisch. Haarl., 1875-82. 3 vols. W. 2 fold. cold. lithogr. maps. Thick-8°. Cont. h. mor. (Spines a bit faded, but a fine set). -- (6).
Ad 1: Bastin/Brommer 575-577: "This is more than a travelogue, containing as it does information on a wide range of subjects skilfully interwoven into the narrative (...) The combination of an interesting and informed text with so many coloured plates makes Buddingh's Neêrlands-Oost-Indië one of the handsomest of Dutch nineteenth century travel books". - Cat. NHSM I, 248; Landwehr, Bks w. cold. plates, 247; Rouffaer/Muller p.4; Tiele 214.€ 300
Back