Author: NIEUWENHUIS, A.W. - J.P.B. DE JOSSELIN DE JONG, M.JOUSTRA (ET.AL.)(EDITORS),
Title: Indië. Geïllustreerd Weekblad voor Nederland en Koloniën. [East- and West Indies]. Vol. I: April 1917-April 1918).
Description: Haarlem, [s.n.], 1917-, 1918. Stout 4°., original cloth, front boards with title in bold red type within a broad decorative black/white border original wrappers bound-up. 832pp. With num. plates, portrs., text-ills., of which 6 after hitherto unrecorded drawings by C. JETSES, figs., decorative initials throughout, diagrammes, sketch-maps, and so-called bijbladen(annexes). Text printed within a narrow typographical border. Odd volume I (of together 11 published), which is of special interest for the 6, hitherto unrecorded, illustrations in text after drawings by C. JETSES. Originally published as a weekly up till 2 april 1924 twice a month, contains a massive amount of still interesting information on dutch colonial Indonesia, the territories of the West-Indies (Antilles) and Surinam (Guyanas), covering an enormous field of subjects as anthropology, ethnology and ethnography, architecture & arts, applied arts & crafts, theatre and music, ceremonies and customs, Fauna & Flora, means of transport, volcanoes and general geography, &c..&c.. featuring contributions by a.o. (:)TH.J.A. Hilgers, Sosro Sawarno, F. Keuchenius-Houbolt, G. Andreae, E.B. Kielstra, R. van Dulken, B.TH.Brondgeest, E. Dronkers, P. Te Wechel, A.W. Nieuwenhuis..A very good set in orig. publ. cloth Vol. I (April 1917-April 1918) is of special interest as the first few issues contain hitherto unrecorded illustrations after drawings by C.Jetses. Rare. (lacks jrg.11)

Keywords: weekly serial odd volume jetses information culture heritage legacy geography history anthropology ethnography caribbean colonialism indonesia west indies antilles surinam guyanas