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JAVA -- HOGENDORP, C.S.W. de. Coup d'oeil sur l'ile de Java, et les autres possessions Neerlandaises dans l' Archipel des Indes. Brus., C. J. de Mat, 1830. W. lithogr. front. of the Buitenzorg palace by J. Titsingh & a fold. handcold. engr. map by F. Callens. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands & red label. (Lower joint partly split, spine a bit chafed, foxed in places).
First edition. An important and interesting narrative of a voyage in colonial Indonesia, describing a.o. events during the Java-war, on "Amok", the Chinese of Java, agricultural cultivation, both indigenous and European. - Bastin-Brommer, nr. 224; Tiele 112.€ 150
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