Author: Hart, C.van der.
Title: Reize rondom het eiland Celebes en naar eenige der Moluksche Eilanden gedaan in den jare 1850, door z.m. schepen van oorlog Argo en Bromo, onder bevel van C. van der Hart.
Description: 's'-Gravenhage, K.Fuhri, 1853 (date on cover 1854). XIV,276 pp. 13 tinted lithogr. plts (of which 6 fold.) & 3 (of which 2 fold.) maps. Orig. paper covered boards, spine slightly damaged, some plates with light waterstain en foxing; with bookplate of the Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam (cancelled). Scarce first edition of this travel account around the Isle of Celebes and the Moluccas, nowadays Sulawesi and Maluka in Indonesia. nicely illustrated with a.o. views of Makassar, the bay of Tolo and Kampon Kendari. The second edition was issued in 1855. Good copy with minor inperfections. Ref. Rouffaer / Muller I, p. 3; Cat. NHSM, p. 247.

Keywords: Ethnography Indonesia Celebes Moluccas Travel Asia Etnografie Indonesië Molukken Reizen Azië