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Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.4to. Contemporary half calf (spine dam., hinges weak). With coloured costume plate, 5 (of 6) tinted lithographed views and 7 maps (3 folding; 1 damaged). XIII,556 pp. This expedition to South America, led by lieut. James Melville Gilliss, was the third American Naval Scientific expedition. The Gilliss expedition went overland to Panama City and then via the South Pacific to Callao, Valparaiso, and Santiago. A subsidiary expedition was sent to explore northern Chile as far as La Paz, Bolivia (Hill 707). The expedition took back to Washington a large number of scientific observations. - (Age-browned). Sabin 27419; Palau 102244; Leclerc 1957.

Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.2 volumes. 4to. Original embossed cloth, with gilt illustration on frontcovers, rebacked (the original gilt spines partly laid down). With tinted lithographed frontispiece, large folding panoramic view of Santiago (29 x 175 cm) coloured by hand, coloured costume plate of an Araucanian chief, 3 plans, 3 coloured lithographs depicting Indian antiquities, 4 tinted lithographed views, 6 maps (4 folding), 11 wood-engravings, 15 brightly coloured lithographed plates depicting birds and 17 lithographed plates depicting reptiles, fishes etc. XIII,556; X,300 pp.First edition. - Congress financed an expedition to Chili and Argentina, led by James Melville Gilless and assisted by A. MacRae, S.L. Phelps and E.R. Smith. The expedition took back to Washington a large number of scientific observations on Chili's and Argentina's geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc. - Vol. III and VI are dealing with… Leer más

Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, 1992. 4to. Wrappers. With many illustrations. 167 pp.

Amsterdam, J.M. Meulenhoff, 1922. Original cloth. With map and 80 photographic illustrations. 290 pp. - (Ons mooi Indië).

Amersfoort, P.Dz.Veen, 1910. 4to. Original pictorial cloth. With 2 etchings and 12 tipped-in plates by Elias Stark. XII, 298 pp.First edition. - Travelogue of a trip through the Dutch East Indies, Egypt and the Holy Land at the beginning of the 20th century. - Fine.Haks & Maris p. 253.

Zwolle, Waanders, (1997). 4to. Wrappers. With many photographic illustrations. 224 pp.

Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, (1902).Original cloth. With 3 maps, 8 plates and 72 illustrations. VI,302,(1) pp.Dutch translation of Aus Insulinde. Malayische Reisebriefe, 1901. - Chapters on Singapore, Bogor, Preanger, Garoet, Jogjakarta, Sumatra, etc. - With bookplate of B. Heijmans.

Amsterdam, Antwerpen, L.J. Veen, 2003. Wrappers. 285 pp.Etymological essays on loanwords used in the Dutch East Indies derrived from the Portuguese, Spanish, Malay, Arabic, Dutch etc. language.Cat. KITLV p. 275.

Leiden, D. Noothoven van Goor, (1878).Original decorated cloth. With 6 plates (3 chromolithographs by Emrik & Binger depicting Faroe Islands, London and the English Channel). 533,(3) pp. From all parts of the world. Remarkable discoveries, adventures on land and at sea, scenes from the life of nature and peoples, etc.

Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1904. Original cloth, gilt lettering. 419 pp.Contains: Een smeekschrift van de Bataviasche burgerij (1648); Het tooneel te Batavia in vroegeren tijd; Een conflict tusschen de regeering en den Raad van Justitie des kasteels Batavia (1795); De Bataviasche decemberbeweging van 1795, etc.

Leiden, Batteljee & Terpstra, (1932). Original decorated cloth. 184 pp.

Assen, Van Gorcum & Comp., 1935. Wrappers (sl. dam.). With plates. 122 pp.

Alphen a/d Rijn, Canaletto, 1996. Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. With 7 coloured charts. 64 pp.

Hoorn, Stichting Nederlandse Kaap Hoorn-vaarders, 2011. 8vo. Wrappers. With illustrations by the author. 68 pp.

Amsterdam, Stoomvaartmaatschappij Nederland, (1936). Oblong folio. Wrappers. With numerous coloured caricatural drawings by the author, with captions.Album illustrating a voyage to and through the Dutch East Indies in 1934 in commission of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. There he made many caricatures about Indonesia, often showing the ridiculous side of the colonial facade (Haks & Maris, Lexicon, p. 251). - (Title-page repaired).

Den Haag, H.P. Leopold, 1930. Original decorated cloth. With 100 photographic illustrations. XI,194 pp. - The country of the pyramids.

Amsterdam, wed. J.C. van Kesteren & Zoon, 1865.Original embossed brown cloth, spine richly gilt. With tinted lithographed frontispiece by P.W.M. Trap. (8),215 pp.First edition published in 1860. - Van Hoëvell asked for a voluntary discharge because he had been branded as 'suspect' in the Dutch East Indies. He wrote a pamphlet dealing with these events, but also based one of his novellas on them. It is called 'The Suspects', written in 1858, and was included in his volume About life in the Indies (Uit het Indische leven, 1860). It is one of his best works, and has remained relevant to this day. At once recognizable is the pattern it describes of an authoritarian society (Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the Indies, p.62). Cat. KITLV p.257; Bastin-Brommer N404; Buur 78; Tiele 490 (note).

Nijmegen, P.J. Milborn, 1892.Modern cloth, original printed wrappers preserved. 57,(2) pp.First edition. - Heukelum is a small town in the municipality of West Betuwe in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

Bandoeng, A.C. Nix & Co, 1932. Original decorated cloth. With many photographic illustrations. XIV,214 pp.Account of 40 years missionary labour by Albert C. Kruyt (1892-1932) amongst the Toraja of Central-Celebes (Poso), including notes on the Toraja-population.

Assen, De Torenlaan, 1961. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. 118 pp.Stories, set in the Dutch East Indies published upon the occasion of the author's 90th birthday.