Author: REINWARDT, C.G.C. (1773-1854)
Title: Reis naar het Oostelijk gedeelte van den Indischen Archipel in het jaar 1821. Uit zijne nagelaten aanteekeningen Opgesteld, Met Een Levensbericht En Bijlagen Vermeerderd; door W.H. de Vriese.
Description: Amsterdam, Frederik Muller. 1858, First Edition. Cloth (Hardback), Large 8Vo. Ill.: G.J. Bos after J.T. Bik and M. Ver Huell. Book, (XVI), 646, [1] pp.Original blindstamped cloth With 6 folding coloured lithographs and 8 partly tinted lithographs of which 2 folding, 5 lithographed portraits. of which 4 coloured, list of plant-names. The work includes a biography by W.H. de Vriese - This scarce book gives information on villages, houses, population numbers, natural resources and food, as well as data on the cultivation and trade of nutmeg. In 1822 he returned to the Netherlands and became professor at the university of Leiden. Tiele 905; Cat. NHSM I, p.247; Cat. KITLV p. 4; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 405; Bastin Brommer N 166,/ N 296; Ruinen C 146. A very good and fresh copy with very good plates [no tears or repairs] the original cloth binding. 2 rubber stamps at title page. [unobstrusive]. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: G.J. Bos After J.T. Bik and M. Ver Huell. Indonesia


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