1826, ISBN: df19ab0a05a2aaff95f240456b22fbc7

[SC: 19.5], INDONESIA JAVA JUBILEUM CAT. DETIGER, London, Black, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray, 1817.2 volumes. Large 4to. Later half cal… More...

[SC: 19.5], INDONESIA JAVA JUBILEUM CAT. DETIGER, London, Black, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray, 1817.2 volumes. Large 4to. Later half calf, spines ribbed with red morocco title-labels. With 2 maps (one large folding map of Java, coloured in outline), 10 hand-coloured plates by William Daniell and 56 etched or aquatint plates (including alphabets and facsimiles of inscriptions, and musical scores), and some engraved vignettes. XLVIII,479; VIII, 288,(3),CCLX; (4) pp.First edition.- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), lieutenant gouvernor of Java during the British administration of Indonesia from 1811 to 1816, 'was interested in every aspect of his subject, and devotes whole sections to Javan ethics, literature, poetry, music, and musical instruments, drama, games of skill and methods of hunting, besides the more ordinary matters of interest population, natural history, religion, antiquities, and the military system . The history of Java stands very high in its own class, and the aquatint plates are full of interest' (Prideaux p.252-253). 'In terms of the pictorial depiction of Javanese costume and topography the importance of The History of Java can hardly be exaggerated . The marriage of a scientifically original text with beautiful illustrations by an accomplished aquatint engraver resulted in a book about Indonesia of outstanding quality; indeed, a masterpiece' (Bastin-Brommer p.6-7). The ten coloured aquatints, though unsigned are by William Daniell, illustrate Javanese life and costume, and the Papuan boy who accompanied Raffles to England in 1816, being the first of his race to visit that country. The plate of the Borobudur is one of the first depictions of the monument. 'An influential work valued for the author's firsthand observations on the customs and condition of the Javanese under his administration as Governor-General during the British occupation of the Dutch East Indies (1811-1815)' (Von Hünersdorff, Kaffee,p.1213). Raffles' History of Java, the source of many basic Western ideas about the area, remains the starting point for studies of the Eastern archipelago. - A very attractive copy of one of the classics of South-East Asian historiography.Bastin-Brommer N 90; Abbey, Travel, 554; Tooley, Coloured Plates, 391; Howgego II, R3; Thomson, The Exotic and the Beautiful, 304.<

1826, ISBN: df19ab0a05a2aaff95f240456b22fbc7

London, Black, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray, 1817.2 volumes. Large 4to. Later half calf, spines ribbed with red morocco title-labels. Wi… More...

London, Black, Parbury, and Allen, booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company, and John Murray, 1817.2 volumes. Large 4to. Later half calf, spines ribbed with red morocco title-labels. With 2 maps (one large folding map of Java, coloured in outline), 10 hand-coloured plates by William Daniell and 56 etched or aquatint plates (including alphabets and facsimiles of inscriptions, and musical scores), and some engraved vignettes. XLVIII,479; VIII, 288,(3),CCLX; (4) pp.First edition.- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), lieutenant gouvernor of Java during the British administration of Indonesia from 1811 to 1816, 'was interested in every aspect of his subject, and devotes whole sections to Javan ethics, literature, poetry, music, and musical instruments, drama, games of skill and methods of hunting, besides the more ordinary matters of interest population, natural history, religion, antiquities, and the military system .. The history of Java stands very high in its own class, and the aquatint plates are full of interest' (Prideaux p.252-253). 'In terms of the pictorial depiction of Javanese costume and topography the importance of The History of Java can hardly be exaggerated .. The marriage of a scientifically original text with beautiful illustrations by an accomplished aquatint engraver resulted in a book about Indonesia of outstanding quality; indeed, a masterpiece' (Bastin-Brommer p.6-7). The ten coloured aquatints, though unsigned are by William Daniell, illustrate Javanese life and costume, and the Papuan boy who accompanied Raffles to England in 1816, being the first of his race to visit that country. The plate of the Borobudur is one of the first depictions of the monument. 'An influential work valued for the author's firsthand observations on the customs and condition of the Javanese under his administration as Governor-General during the British occupation of the Dutch East Indies (1811-1815)' (Von Hünersdorff, Kaffee,p.1213). Raffles' History of Java, the source of many basic Western ideas about the area, remains the starting point for studies of the Eastern archipelago. - A very attractive copy of one of the classics of South-East Asian historiography.Bastin-Brommer N 90; Abbey, Travel, 554; Tooley, Coloured Plates, 391; Howgego II, R3; Thomson, The Exotic and the Beautiful, 304., 0<

1830, ISBN: df19ab0a05a2aaff95f240456b22fbc7

London: John Murray, 1830. 2d Edition. 2 vols. (xlviii, 536; iv, 332, clxxix p.), tables, original red embossed cloth, with rabacked cloth spine and gilt lettering, mostly unopened, half… More...

London: John Murray, 1830. 2d Edition. 2 vols. (xlviii, 536; iv, 332, clxxix p.), tables, original red embossed cloth, with rabacked cloth spine and gilt lettering, mostly unopened, half-title lacking., John Murray, 1830, 0<