JACOBS, Julius. - Eenigen tijd onder de Baliërs. Eene reisbeschrijving met aanteekeningen betreffende hygiène, land- en volkenkunde van de eilanden Bali en Lombok.

Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., 1883.8vo. Original pictorial cloth gilt (soiled; rebacked with the original spine laid down). With photographic frontispiece and folding lithographed map by P.W.M. Trap, coloured in outline. (4),III,V,VIII,253 pp.First edition. - Julius Jacobs (1842 - 1895), health-officer, accompanied the resident of Banjoewangi during his expedition through Bali and Lombok (Lesser Sunda Islands) in 1881. He wrote a vivid description of Bali and Lombok providing much of interest on Balinese life and customs. He was highly critical of missionaries.Cat. KITLV I, p.37; Tiele 526; Lekkerkerker A 15.

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