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RAFFLES, Th.S. & J. CRAWFURD. Description géographique, historique et commerciale de Java et des autres îles de l'archipel indien, contenant des détails sur les moeurs, les arts, les langues, les religions et les usages des habitans de cette partie du monde. Trad. de l'Anglais p. (F.J.F.) Marchal. Brux., H. Tarlier & Jobard, 1824. xix, 364 pp. W. 46 plates (of which 10 handcold.) & 2 fold. maps cold. in outlines. 4°. Cont. hcf. extra w. ruled spine & red labels. (Upper joint split but holding, some yellowing/foxing throughout but a complete, tight, well-bound copy).
The first French edition of this classic work on Java. "Apart from being the first coloured lithographs of Indonesian costume and topography the much underrated illustrations have an additional interest in that they were printed by J.B.A.M. Jobard, one of the pioneers of lithographic printing, at his press in the Rue de la Chancellerie, Brussels" (Bastin/Brommer, p. 9). - Brunet IV, 1088; Rouffaer/Muller 9; Bastin/Brommer, nrs. 144 and 148; Landwehr, Bks. w. cold. plts., 397.€ 380
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