DÉ-LILAH (= LUCIE VAN RENESSE),

Gecompromitteerd. Indische Roan. [Eerste enige druk; First and only edition].

Arnhem, P. Gouda Quint, 1897. 8°. Later private clothbacked marbled boards. 320pp. Dutch language novel, a melo-drma in which a picture is painted of european [dutch] society its manners and morals, on Java and Deli plantations (Westcoast Sumatra): daily life of a divorcée, her love-life and extra-marital relations. Good copy. Rare. (covers haved and a bit rubbed, contents good).

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Book number: 53698

Keywords: dutch literature novel melodrama colonialism society indonesia southeastasia nineteenthcentury 19thc marriage manners morals love affair deli java sumatra plantation