ISING, A. (EDITOR) - WALLACE ALFRED RUSSELL [1823-1913],
Wallaace's laatste Reizen door den Oost-Indischen Archipel voor Jonge Lezers bewerkt door Arnold Ising. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, 1874. Small 8°. Original blind stamped cloth, large gilded figure on front panel, richly gilded spine. Hftitle (verso blank), [1], 192pp. Woodcut frontispiece, occasionally captioned woodcut illustrations in text and full-page, table of contents. First dutch language edition, narrating Alfred Russell Wallace's last voyage through the Eastern part of Netherlands India on bahalf of dutch younsters, e.g.: observations on Banda and Amboina, Ternate and Halmaheira, New-Guinea, Kajoa and Batjan, Goram and Watoebella, Waigeoe, TimorTimor, Java and Sumatra. Good to very good copy in orig. publ. cloth. (spine-ends a bit worn).
Antiquarian Booksellers Gemilang
Professional sellerBook number: 53355
€ 675.00 [Appr.: US$ 733.69 | £UK 578 | JP¥ 114207]
Keywords: naturalhistory flora fauna science observations narrative juvenalia narrative wallace newguinea moluccas java sumatra history travel evolution colonialism indonesia southeastasia evolution