winter miscellany - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

pl. 14). - Some ‘are among the finest ethnographical and topographical plates of
Indonesia’ (Bastin-Brommer p.17).
- Only 250 copies printed. - A desirable copy of a monumental folio work.
Bastin-Brommer p. 14: one of the finest of the 19th century illustrated books on
Indonesia; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 197 and 454; Cat. KITLV p. 2 & 218.
129 TERANG, Ida Bagus. Man working on the sawahs. Balinese drawing, wash
technique on paper, signed. Ca. 30 x 21cm. € 350,00
Provenance: Sam Wagenaar collection. - Batuan school.
130 TODD, John. California and its wonders. New edition. London, T. Nelson and
Sons, 1880.
Sm.8vo. Original decorated gilt cloth. With frontispiece and 16 wood-engraved plates
(several double-page). 208 pp. - A nice copy. € 95,00
131 VER HUELL, Quirijn Maurits Rudolph. Herinneringen aan een reis naar
Oost-Indië. Reisverslag en aquarellen van Maurits Ver Huell, 1815-1819. Bezorgd
door Chris F. van Fraassen en Pieter Jan Klapwijk. Zutphen, 2008. Cloth, with dustwrapper.
With many illustrations (ca. 100 in colours). 701 pp. € 65,00
Linschoten Vereeniging CVII. - Ver Huell’s Herinneringen stands as a major account of
his travels early in the 19th century. He visited Makassar, Banda, Ternate and Tidore.
He can be considered as one of the most important botanical draughtsmen of the
19th century, besides his significant topographical achievements (Haks & Maris,
Lexicon, p.275).
DAILY LIFE OF CHILDREN IN CHINA
132 VERHALEN UIT CHINA. Leiden, P.J. Trap, (ca. 1835).
Sm.8vo. Original flowered boards, in marbled boards slipcase. With 5 fine handcoloured
lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trap. VII,135 pp. € 450,00
First edition. - The book presents five stories on the daily life of children in China,
and was intended to teach Dutch children about life in China and to make Dutch
children feel closer to Chinese children. Each story is beautifully illustrated and
brightly coloured in a sort of Dutch-Chinese style (Children’s World of Learning 2876).
- A fine copy.
Kinderen lazen Kinderen lezen 535.
133 VIEWS OF NETHERLANDS INDIA. SERIES EAST-JAVA. Sourabaya,
Kurkdjian Ltd., (ca. 1930).
Large 4to. Original portfolio with 10 sepia collotype-plates by Geo.P. Lewis. Ca. 27 x
32 cm. € 95,00