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TitleJava, Zijne Gedaante, Zijn Plantentooi En Inwendige Bouw
AuthorJunghuhn, Franz
Edition2-nd Ed.
PublishedMieling, C.W. Den Haag 1853
IllustratorJunghuhn, F.
Description3 vols. in 4. With a coloured folding lithographed plate (frontispiece to vol. I) and numerous folding plates and diagrams of volcanoes on Java. [VIII]-671, [XII]-1452, [VIII]- 296 pp. The second, and best, edition. Together 4 vols. + Atlas Vol. bound in contemporary half leather. Bindings slightly worn, frontisp. to vol. I somewhat damaged, folds of some plates crudely reinforced with tape, but in all, a good working copy of a rare work. With the exceedingly rare separately published: Atlas van Platen, with 11 large, (Appr.34 X 45,5 cm) coloured prints. Bevattende Elf Pittoreske Gezigten. Behoorende tot het werk, Java, Zijne Gedaante, Zijn Plantentooi en Inwendige Bouw Door Fr. Junghuhn. [some marginal repairs, light soiling [margins] A mixed set of these rare prints; some from the Dutch, some other from the German edition. Without the fragile wrappers. Prints are in [acid free] mounts. See at length: Bastin & Brommer, 19th century prints..Notes 451, 456, 465, 467. Engelmann 136. A very good, though not perfect set of this sought-after highlight. [some titles of the prints: Goenoeng Merapi, Zuidkust Beoosten Rankop, Goenoeng Sewu, Gunung Guntur.]
Book conditionGood
BindingOrig. Half Leather.
Book sizeRoy. 8Vo.
Price 11600
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