[GERVAISE, NICHOLAS]:

Description historique du royaume de Macacar. Divisée en trois livres. Paris, chez Hilaire Foucault, 1688.

. Small 8vo. Pp. (vi), 326. With head and tail pieces. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt, worn. Bookplate. Endpapers browned. First edition of this important, early work on Makassar, the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. Makassar was already the dominant trading center of eastern Indonesia when the Portuguese arrived in the 16th century. Later the Dutch arrived, built a trading station in 1607, and replaced the Portuugese as colonial masters in 1667. This account describes the natural history, manners and customs of the inhabitants, government, religion, ceremonies, etc. Gervaise was a French missionary who resided in Siam for about four years. Barbier i, 906. Chadenat 838. Cioranescu 32932. Lach iii, pp. 1448 ff.

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Book number: 24069

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, macassar, Makassar, macacar, celebes, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, pacific, indonesia, asie, asia, asien, asiatic, travel, voyage, exploration, ujung pandang

[JAVA].

[JAVA]. Indien in Moll. Java. Reiseerinnerungen und Betrachtungen von einem Bewunderer. Stuttgart 1908.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. viii, 200. With 5 full page half-tones, one folding map, one folding panorama view and many more illustrations throughout the text. Original cloth, lettered in gilt and with coloured pictures pasted on upper cover, red edges, rubbed. Published anonymously. This account treats the country, its people, politics, Djokdja, Soerakarta, Boro-Bodoer, tiger hunting, etc.

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Book number: 28053

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, java, indonesia, javanese, indonesian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, travels, exploration, voyage,

BLADH, P.J., & HORNSTEDT, C.F.:

Reseanteckningar. ("Skrifter utgifna af Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland. X"). Helsingfors 1888.

. Pp. (vi), 176. Original printed wrappers. Uncut copy. Contains: 1. BLADH, P.J., Anteckningar under en ekonomisk resa till Tyskland, Nederländerna och Paris åren 1799-1800. Pp 1-74. A travel account mainly described from a commercial point of view. And; 2. HORNSTEDT, C.F., Anteckningar under en resa till Ostindien åren 1782-86. Pp 75-176. A narrative by a Swedish botanist Klas Fredrik Hornstedt, a pupil of Carl Peter Thunberg. Contains a collection of letters from his voyage to the Cape and Java during the years 1783-1785. Aalto p.19.

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Book number: 14211

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, europa, europe, travels, voyages, explore, exploration, germany, netherlands, holland, germany, asia, east, cape, java, indonesia, south africa, viajes, viaggio, reisen

DE BRUJN (BRUYN), CORNELIS:

Voyages par la Moscovie, en Perse et aux Indes Orientales; ... on y a ajouté la route qu'a suivie M. Isbrants, ambassadeur de Moscovie, en traversant la Russie et la Tartarie pour se rendre à la Chine et quelques remarques contre M. Chardin et Kaempfer. Two volumes in one. Amsterdam, chez les Frères Wetstein, 1718.

. Folio. Pp. (viii), 252; (ii), 253-469. With titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, three folding engraved maps, 273 engravings (numbered 1-262 and eleven unnumbered) and 44 engravings in the text. The beautiful illustrations depict impressive costumes, grand views (including two folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan), interesting flora and fauna, animals, monuments, antiquities, etc. Contemporary full calf, expertly restored, original spine preserved, covers ruled in gilt and spine richly decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled edges. First French edition, translated from the original Dutch published in 1714.Cornelis De Brujn born at the Hague in 1652 was a Dutch painter and traveller. He made his first journey in 1674 to the Levant where he stayed for seven years. This work is devoted to his second journey which took him to Russia, Persia, India, Ceylon and Indonesia.His account is devoted to the countries visited, their peoples and customs, culture and natural history. It is mainly recognised for the lovely illustrations made after his drawings. He visited the Samoyedic country, Moscow, Astrakhan, Siberia, Isfahan, Persepolis, Garmeroon, Cochin in India, and Batavia and Bantam in Indonesia. Of particular interest is De Brujn's description of the Samoyedic people, one of the earliest, and the account with illustrations of Persepolis. In addition he describes the journey by Everand Ysbrants Ides to China. A magnificent copy with excellent impression of the attractive engravings. Chadenat ii, 5085. Cohen-De Ricci p. 610. Lipperheide Kaa 6. Howgego B177.

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Book number: 120966

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, persia, persien, perse, india, russia, russian, russe, travel, exploration, near east, ceylon, indonesia, levant, samoyedic, samodeic, siberia,

FAVRE, PIERRE ÉTIENNE LAZARE:

Dictionnaire javanais - francais. Vienne, Imprimerie Impériale et Royale, 1870.

. Pp. (iv), viii, 544, (2). Text in two columns. Inscription by the author. Attractive quarter red morocco. First edition. Abbé Favre was professor of Malay and Javanese at l'Ecole Imperiale des langues orientales. Zaunmüller 215.

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Book number: 23075

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, javanese, java, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic

FAVRE, PIERRE ÉTIENNE LAZARE ABBÉ:

Grammaire de la langue malaise. Vienne, Imprimerie Impériale et Royale, 1876.

. Pp. (iv), xxiv, 242. Contemporary green pebbled cloth, calf spine richly decorated and lettered in gilt, boards and corners rubbed. First edition, republished many times. Abbé Favre, French Catholic priest and linguist who spent many years in Malaysia (1845-58). Later he was appointed professor of Malay and Javanese at l'École Imperiale des langues orientales. Printed at one of the most important publishing houses for linguistic works at this time. Cordier BI 1406.

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Book number: 23089

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malaysia, malay, malaysian, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, indonesia, malacca, sumatra, java

GERICKE, J.F.C.:

Leesboek voor de Javanen, tezamengesteld uit stukken deds ouden en nieuwen verbonds. Haarlem, Bij. Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1841.

. Pp. iv + (90) lvs with text in Javanese. Titlepage and content printed in Dutch. Contemporary half calf on cloth covered boards, spine nicely decorated in gilt, rubbed. Published by the "Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap". The printer Enschedé & Zonen in Haarlem had "the best type foundry in Holland" (see Bigmore p. 203).

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Book number: 38012

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, indonesia, java, javanese, asia, asien, asiatic, asie, language, langue, lingustic, sprachwissenschaft

HAECKEL, ERNST:

Aus Insulinde. Malayische reisebriefe. Bonn, Emil Strauss, 1901.

. Pp. xii, 260, (2). A blind stamp (of adress) on title page. Last quire loose.With 8 plates (photographs), 4 maps and many more textual ills. Publisher's cloth, faded. Ernst Haeckel, a German botanist and zoologist, travelled throughout Indonesia and describes here the flora and fauna, with special reference to the botanical gardens and the tropical institute at Buitenzorg. First edition.

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Book number: 17004

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, asean, southeast asia, voyages, travels, explore, exploring, malaysia, botany, zoology, indonesia, first edition, indonesie, malaysie, viajes, viaggio, reisen, indonesien, asie du sud-est, südosta

HICKSON, SYDNEY JOHN:

A Naturalist in the North Celebes. A Narrative of Travels in Minahassa, the Sangir and Talaut Islands, with Notices of the Fauna, Flora and Ethnology of the Districts Visited. London, John Murray, 1889.

. Pp. xvi, (1), 392. With a coloured frontispiece, 2 coloured folding maps and many illustrations. Red half calf, very lightly rubbed. Some light spotting to first few leaves. First edition of a narrative of the author's journey to the Malay Archipelago in 1885. The object of the visit was "investigating the anatomy and, if possible, the development of certain corals ... (also) a more detailed account of the fauna of the small island called Talisse, situated in the Straits of Banka, and a summary of our knowledge of the ethnology of the district of Minhassa". Casey Wood p. 386.

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Book number: 23004

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malaysia, celebes, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage, natural history

HOLLANDER, J.J.DE:

Letterkundige leercursus ten gebruike der Koninklijke Militaire Akademie. Handleiding bij de beofening der Javaansche tall en letterkunde, voor de kadetten van alle wapenen, bestemd voor de dienst in Nederlands Indië. Three parts in one volume. Te Breda 1848.

. Pp. viii, 256 + lvs (97) with Javanese text, errata pp (6). Contemporary marbled boards, flat calf spine printed in gilt. With stamps (some Asian). Second edition (first 1845) of this Javanese text book used at the Dutch Military Academy.

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Book number: 34051

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, java, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, linguistic, langue, javanese,

HURGRONJE, CHRISTIAN SNOUCK:

The Achehnese, translated by A.W.S. O'Sullivan. Two volumes. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1906.

. Large 8vo. Pp. xxi, (5), 439, (1); (8), 384. Including half titles, frontispieces, many illustrations, one folding woodcut plate and two folding colour lithographed maps. Original cloth, few minor light marks to covers. Bookplate (Travis). First English edition of this fundamental work on Aceh, originally published in Dutch at Batavia 1893-95. The Indonesian region of Aceh was the most wealthy, powerful and cultivated state in the Malacca Straits region in the early seventeenth century. By the early nineteenth century Aceh had become an increasingly influential power due to its strategic location for controlling regional trade. The Aceh War between the Dutch and Muslim Sultanate of Aceh lasted for over 30 years (1873-1904) until the Dutch finally were able to put down the uprising. Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) was the leading Dutch expert on Islam at this time and advisor of Native Affairs to the colonial government of the Netherlands East Indies. He was commissioned by the Dutch government to produce an ethnographical study on Aceh. Hünersdorff, Coffee Bibliography, II, p. 1392.

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Book number: 99527

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KLEEN, TYRA:

Ni Si Pleng. En historia om svarta barn berättad och ritad för vita barn. (A story about black children told and illustrated for white children). Uppsala, J.A. Lindblads förlag, 1924.

. 4to. Pp. 118. Text in Swedish. With one coloured plate and 49 illustrations in the text, of which many full page. Original pictorial wrappers bound in publisher's ivory coloured cloth with vignette on upper cover, title label on spine, corners rubbed. Small expertly repair to spine. Upper right corner lightly creased. First edition of this charming story about the young girl Ni Si Pleng and her adventurous life in Bali. Lovely illustrations by Tyra Kleen, Swedish artist who spent many years in Indonesia.

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Book number: 121426

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, indonesia, indonesien, bali, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, children, literature, juvenile,

KLEEN, TYRA:

Tempeldanser och musikinstrument på Bali. Stockholm 1951.

. Folio. Pp. 24. With 53 mounted plates, of which 21 colourful plates of dancers. Publisher's calf decorated in gilt, gilt dentelles, spine lightly faded. First edition, limited to 200 copies, of which this is no. 15. Tyra Kleen travelled to Java and Bali in 1919 where she studied the ritual court dances. This work is devoted to temple dancers in Bali. It describes the different kinds of dances (Legong, Tjalong Arong and Djoged), their history, costumes and music. The text is accompanied by plates depicting clothes, head garments, dance movements, and musicians. The illustrations show her unique artistic oeuvre with the ability to interweave dance, literature, activism and adventure. For her scientific ethnographic work on Bali Tyra was awarded the Johan August Wahlberg silver medal in 1938. A beautiful copy with dynamic, colourful art deco style images of dancers.

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Book number: 121191

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, indonesia, bali, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, dance, music, dances, temple dancers, costumes, music, art,

MARRE, JAN DE:

Batavia, begrepen in zes boeken. Amsterdam, Adriaan Wor & G. Onder de Linden, 1740.

. Small 4to. Pp. (xxxvi), 320, index (6). With engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette by J. Punt, one large engraved plan of Batavia by J. van der Laan and one engraved portrait by J. Houbraken (dated 1745 and not always present). Modern vellum. Occasionally some light marginal staining. Old inscription on front end paper. First edition of this historical and topographical poem about Batavia. Jan de Marre (1696-1763) was a seaman at the Dutch East India Company (VOC) for a long period in the beginning of the 18th century. He was the Commander of a VOC ship to the East Indies in 1731 and visited Batavia at this time. A year later he retired from the Company and moved on to a career of writing and theatre directing. Landwehr, VOC, 1547. Provenance: This copy was given by Hendrik Johannes Bool (1828-98), Dutch officer and politician, to Aristide Marre (1823-1918), a renowned linguist and specialist in classical Malay and Malagasy. He succeeded Pierre Favre at the School of Oriental languages in Paris.

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Book number: 100937

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

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MARSDEN, WILLIAM:

A Grammar of the Malayan Language, with an Introduction and a Praxis. London, for the author by Cox and Baylis, 1812.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), (50), (2), 226, (1). Somewhat later brown cloth, corners bumped, hinges cracked, spine ends chipped. Internally fine. First edition.William Marsden (1754-1836) British historian, linguist, numismatist and pioneer of the scientific study of Indonesia. For eight years he resided in Bencoolen (Bangkhulu) in Sumatra where he studied the language and people. Back in England he was encouraged by Sir Joseph Banks and others of the Royal Society to prepare his collected material for publication. His comprehensive work "History of Sumatra" appeared in 1783 and in 1812 he published this grammar and also a dictionary of the Malay language, which form the basis of all subsequent Sumatran linguistics. Cordier BI 1405. Vater p. 244.

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Book number: 44042

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, indonesia, sumatra, brunei, malaysia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, linguistic, southeast asia, malayan, malay