KERCKHOFF, W (PUBL. & COMPILER) - JOHAN KONING (INTRODUCTION),
Het Paradijs van Java/Sorga dari Djawa/Das Paradies von Java/The Paradise of Java; Le Paradis de Java; El Paradiso de Java; Il Paradiso di Giava. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Leidschendam [-Amsterdam], Kerkhoff/Elsevier [TYP], 1939. 4°. Original cloth. Covertitle in bold gilded type, large gilded device at tail after an attribute of the Wayang kulit theatre. Captioned monochrome illustrations on 62pp. including an introduction by Johan Koning in dutch and english, descriptive text to plates and illustrations in dutch, english, indonesian-malay, french, italian and spanish. Multi language collection of monochrome plates and illustrations on plates featuring various aspects of pre Second World War Java, dutch East Indies; Ethnic types, housing and dwellings, scenic panoramas, european houses and public buildings, all of it stresses the fact that Java is the Pearl of the East. Good copy. (covers a bit sunned).

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Keywords: java topography photography sceneries landscapes javanese indigenous ethnicgroups impressions history culture heritage colonialism indonesia southeastasia