Author: OOSTING, H.J.,
Title: Soendasch-Nederduitsch Woordenboek. Op last van het Gouvernement van Nederlandsch-Indië. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Batavia-Amsterdam, Ogilvie & Co./Johannese Müller, 1879-, 1882. 2 vols., main volume (1879) and SUPPLEMENT (1882). Small stout 4°., original qtr. calf grained cloth, gilded morocco title label on spine, marbled edges; recent private cloth, original printed wrappers bound-up {Supplement]. (xl), 874; 206, (xxii)pp. printed in double collumns. Author's preface, table of abbreviations, errata and supplementary notes in dutch and sundanese script (NOT romanized). UHLENBECK, p. 12. Sundanese-dutch nineteenth century dictionary WITH the supplement published three years later. Sundanese script (NOT romanized). A massive and still very important dictionary, compiled by command of the Dutch East Indies Government. Complete set, WITH the supplementary volume. Good copy. Rare. (mainn volume a bit shaved at extremities, contents clean, NO signs of brittleness of paper).

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