Author: ALDERSHOFF, ROOS (PHOTOGRAPHERS),
Title: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Amsterdam, s.n., 1993. Small square 4°. Original heavy grey boards, spiralled metal spine. Covertitle in bold black type. Album with together 6 original monochrome photographs by Roos Alderhoff (250x165mm.], mounted on 5 unnumbered leaves, captioned in dutch, hidden under each photograph, with original heavy tissue-guards featuring interior views of the Royal Tropical Institute, KIT, Amsterdam. Colophon stating names of dutch contractors involved with the general overhaul of in-and exterior of this impressive building designed by Ed. Cuypers, dutch architect. Dutch language Souvenir Album with original monochrome photographs, presented to the Board of Directors of the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam by a conglomerate of dutch contractors, illustrating the results of an overhaul of in- and exterior of this famous and immense building housing a vast collection about the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia. Very good copy. Rare.

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