Terugreis van Java naar Europa, met de zoogenaamde Engelsche overlandpost, in de maanden September en October, 1848.

JUNGHUHN, Franz Wilhelm.

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Zalt-Bommel, Joh. Noman en Zoon, 1851. 8vo. Original printed boards ( sl.shaved; spine later half cloth). With 2 folding profiles and 4 coloured lithographed plates by C.W. Mieling. 127,2 pp. First edition as a book, first published in Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië in 1851; with signature of Rob Nieuwenhuys. - Junghuhn (1809-1864) joined the Netherlands Indies Army as a medical officer in 1834. In 1845 he became a member of the Natural Sciences Commission. He was one of the first to describe the plants, geology, mineralogy and especially the volcanology of the Javanese mountains. Between 1848 and 1855 he was on furlough in Europe. He returned to Java in 1855. Detailed account of the return journey by the so-called overland mail route from Java to the Netherlands. The fine coloured plates depict i.a. Pontjang Ketjil, landscape with pyramids in Egypt and the Oriental Hotel in Cairo. 'He can be considered one of the first to visualize the immense splendor of Indonesian nature' (Haks & Maris p.140). Tiele 571 (note); Cat. NHSM I, p.179; Bastin-Brommer N 49; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 326; Cat. KITLV p.57; Nieuwenhuys, Mirror of the Indies, p. 74.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Terugreis van Java naar Europa, met de zoogenaamde Engelsche overlandpost, in de maanden September en October, 1848.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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