Author: SMITH, J.J.,
Title: Wandelgids voor 's- Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg. Orig. edn.
Description: Buitenzorg, s.n., 1924. Oblong 8°. Recent clothbacked original wrappers, small illustration after an original woodcut on front wrapper, repeated on ti.-p. 75pp. Many black/white ills. of which full-page, register, fold plan of the Hortus Botanicus at very end, with extensive key, 1: 600. A walking tour through the famous Hortus Botanicus at Buitenzorg, Java, dutch colonial Indonesia, supplying extensive information. Still of interest. (some very light dog-earing, verso of front wrapper spotted, lower outer wrapper with soiling to recto/verso, contents good to very good).

Keywords: botany vegetation tropical hortus botanicus plantentuin guide walking tour batavia history tourism science colonialism indonesia southeast asia java