Malayan Archipelago
61 items found
Abendanon, E. C.
Expédition de la Célèbes Centrale. Voyages géologiques et géographiques à travers la Célèbes Centrale (1909-1910). Volumes I-III (text), atlas. [Complete].
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1916. Three text volumes in three. 8vo (27.3 x 19.1 cm). 1615 pp. [xxviii, xvi, xxii,1549]; 183 plates and maps, 140 text figures. [AND] atlas folio (55.0 x 38.0 cm). Text with eight photogravures, 138 photographs, maps, numerous figures [AND] atlas with title page (double, French/Dutch) one coloured explanatory chart (36 different colours) and 17 mostly coloured folded geological maps and/or profiles (numbered 1, II, 3-11, 12a, 12b, 13-16). Original uniform black and gilt printed olive cloth (text), original printed portfolio (atlas).
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Adriani, N. and A. C. Kruyt
De Bare'e sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes. [Complete, in four volumes].
Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1912-1914. In four volumes. Text in three octavo volumes (26.5 x 18.0 cm) [AND] atlas in folio portfolio (37.0 x 26.5 cm). 1636 pp.; 58 photographs on 26 sheets, 13 coloured plates of which seven partly in full colour, and four coloured folding maps (two showing adjacent regions). Original uniform quarter cloth over printed boards.
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Adriani, N. and A. C. Kruyt
De Bare'e sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes. Tweede, geheel omgewerkte druk. [2nd, revised edition. Complete, in five volumes].
Amsterdam, Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1950-1951. In five volumes. Text in three octavo volumes (26.0 x 18.0 cm). [AND] Deel platen; octavo (26.0 x 18.0 cm). total of 1558 pp. [xii, 478; viii, 557; viii, 484; 11]. [AND] atlas in folio portfolio (37.2 x 27.0 cm); 159 photographs in "Deel platen"; 13 coloured plates of which seven partly in full colour, and two coloured folding maps. Original uniform printed wrappers (text and platen volumes); atlas in original printed portfolio with linen spine.
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Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C. R. W. K. van
Malayan Ferns. Handbook to the determination of the ferns of the Malayan Islands (incl. those of the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and New Guinea). [AND] (Correcting sheet).
Batavia, The Department of Agriculture Netherlands India, 1909. Two parts in two. 8vo (26.2 x 17.5 cm). 948 pp. [xl, 899; 9]. Uniform printed wrappers.
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Bleeker, P.
Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Notopterus van den Indischen Archipel.
Breslau and Bonn, Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie der Naturforscher, "1852" [1854]. 4to (30.6 x 24.0 cm). Title page and 12 text pages [numbered (51)-62]; five chromolithographed plates (one much larger, folded) [numbered 6-10]. Contemporary blind blue wrappers.
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Blume, C.
De Indische Bij, Tijdschrift ter Bevordering van de Kennis der Nederlandsche Volkplantingen en Derzelven Belangen. Eerste Deel. [Volume I; All published].
Leiden, Hazenberg en Comp., 1843. iv, 663 pp.; four lithographed plates, of which one hand-coloured, depicting a Dyak called Sigan as a warrior, with his shield, spear, and feathers. The others depict landscapes and Dyak writing. Original pictorial paper boards.
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Bonaparte, R. [N.]
Les récents voyages des Néerlandais à la Nouvelle-Guinée. [AND] Les derniers voyages des Néerlandais à la Nouvelle-Guinée.
Versailles, l'auteur, 1885. Two papers in one. Small 4to. Half-titles and titles in red and black; 16; 40 pp.; two chromolithographed folded, tissue-guarded maps, one table. Later blind quarter cloth over marbled boards. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Brown, R.
On Cyrtandreae. From Horsfield's Plantae Javanicae rariores. [Preprint or "preissue"].
London, R. and J. Taylor, 1839. Folio (38.0 x 27.6 cm). Title page, 22 pp. (numbered 1-3, [4 blank) 105-122]; two fine, tissue-guarded engraved plates. Contemporary quarter cloth over blind boards.
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Brown, R.
The miscellaneous botanical works. Vol. III. Atlas of the plates.
London, Robert Hardwicke (for The Ray Society), 1868. Folio (35.0 x 25.6 cm). Title page, 15 pp.; 38 fine engraved plates of which 11 much larger, folded. Contemporary pebbled half morocco over gilt-bordered marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-ornamented bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.
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Butler, A. G. [AND] Owen, R.
The butterflies of Malacca. [AND] On Hypsiprymnodon, Ramsay, a genus indicative of a distinct family (Pleopodidae) in the diprodont section of the marsupialia.
London, The Linnean Society, 1879. 4to (30.3 x 24.0 cm). 36 pp.; two lithographed plates (one very nicely hand-coloured), table; [AND] ten pp.; two plates, including one hand-coloured, by Joseph Wolf. Original printed wrappers.
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Camper, P.
Account of the organs of speech of the orang outang. [Philosophical Transactions, 1779 Part I].
London, The Royal Society, 1779. 4to (25.5 x 19.7 cm). 21 pp.; one large, double-folded engraved plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt-bordered raised bands. Black morocco label with gilt title. All edges speckled red.
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Collet, O. [J. A.]
l'Or aux Indes orientales Néerlandaises. Étude sur l'etat actuel de l'industrie aurifere.
Batavia, G. Kolff, 1889. Small 4to (24.4 x 16.3 cm). 51 pp. Original crimson pebbled and embossed cloth with gilt ornamental bands and gilt title on the front board. Floral-pattered endpapers.
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Faber, F. C. Von
Die Kraterpflanzen Javas in physiologisch-ökologischer Beziehung.
Buitenzorg, 's Lands Plantentuin - Botanischer Garten, 1927. Large 8vo (24.1 x 17.0 cm). iv, 119 pp.; 12 text illustrations, 18 fine photographic plates. A unique pattered batik-cloth binding with gilt title on the spine and front board. Original printed front wrapper bound in.
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Godefroy, P. J. and M. J. E. Muller and P. A. Fromm and P. Bleeker (eds.)
Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief van Nederlands Indie. Volumes I-IV. [All published].
Batavia, the editors, 1844-1847. Four volumes in four. 8vo (22.0 x 12.7 cm). More than 2300 pp. (Volume I: vi, [1], [8], vi, [1], [7], 638 pp; Vol. II: v, 710 [1] pp.; Vol. III: v, 616 [1] pp.; Vol. IV: 340 [2] pp.), several plates (some larger, folding), many folding tables (mostly with meteorological data), errata leaf to Volume I. Matching red cloth with snakeskin-patterned boards.
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Hardouin, E. and W. L. Ritter
Java. Tooneelen uit het leven. Karakterschetsen en kleederdragten van Java's bewoners in afbeeldingen naar de natuur geteekend door E. Hardouin met tekst van W. L. Ritter en een voorwoord van H. M. Lange, gepensionneerd Luitenant Kolonel van het O. I. leger. Benevens eene kaart van Java naar de nieuwste bronnen bewerkt.
Leiden, A. W. Sythoff, 1855. Large 4to (28.7 x 20.7 cm). Title page with finely engraved vignette; xv, 242 pp.; hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 25 other hand-coloured lithographed and tissue-guarded plates; large, triple-folded coloured double map of Java, Madoera and Bawean. Original green embossed cloth. Spine and front board rich gilt with floral patterns and ethnographical vignettes. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Hochreutiner, B. P. G.
Plantae Hochreutineranae. Etude systématique et biologique des collections faites par l'auteur au cours de son voyage aux Indes Néerlandaises et autour du monde pendant les années 1903 à 1905. Fascicule I - VI. [Complete; with additional typed index].
Genève, Kundig, and by the author, 1912-1943. Six parts in one. 8vo (22.9 x 15.5 cm). 584 pp. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Printed wrapper to the second fascicule mounted on front board and altered in ink; several printed front wrappers bound in.
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Hogendorp, W. van, a.o.
Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen. Tweede deel. [Volume 2].
Rotterdam, R. Arrenberg, 1784. 8vo (22.5 x 13.7 cm). 488, 90 pp.; two engraved title vignettes. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-bordered bands; two morocco labels with gilt title and volume number.
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Hoogerwerf, A.
De avifauna van Tjibodas en omgeving, inclusief het natuurmonument Tjibodas-Gn. Gede (West Java). [AND] De avifauna van de Plantentuin te Buitenzorg (Java).
[The Netherlands], Limosa, 1950. 8vo (23.2 x 15.6 cm). Title page, 280 pp., 21 full colour plates. Contemporary black grained leatherette over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title
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Hoola van Nooten, B.
Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'ile de Java. peints d'après nature. Ouvrage dédié à s majesté la reine de Hollande.
Bruxelles, Émile Tarlier, 1863. Large folio (55.6 x 40.8 cm). Title page, [ii] pp. (preface), dedication leaf; 41 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over over burgundy linen boards. Spine blind-tooled with four low, wide bands, and dark brown morocco label with gilt title. Light, greyish green endpapers.
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Kan, C. M. and N. W. Posthumus (eds.)
Tijdschrift van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, gevestigd te Amsterdam. Eerste Deel [Journal of the Geographical Society in Amsterdam, Volume 1].
Amsterdam, C. F. Stemler, 1876. 4to (28.2 x 24.0 cm). xl, 405 pp.; 11 maps, including several (very) large and/or coloured. Original brown pebbled cloth, richly embossed in gilt and black.
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Lafitau, J. F.
Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dans le nouveau monde.
Paris, Saugrain & Coignard, 1733. Two parts in two. 4to (29.6 x 25.7 cm). [iv], xxiv, 616 pp.; [xxiv] 693, [xliv] pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one text-vignette, 14 engraved plates and views (of which one larger, folding), and a fine, large, multi-folded map of the world. Uniform contemporary full calf, spines with raised bands and extensive gilt floral patterns; rich gilt red morocco labels with titles. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red.
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Martin, [J.] K. [L.] and [C. E.] A. Wichmann (eds.)
Sammlungen des geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. Ite [Erste] Serie. Beiträge zur Geologie Ost-Asiens und Australiens. Band I - X [All published].
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1881-1923. Ten volumes in eight. 8vo (24.0 x 16.5 cm). Uniform half morocco over pebbled boards. Spines with four raised, gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with gilt lines and title (Volumes I-IX), near matching binding, without raised bands for volume 10 (final).
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Müller, S.
Over de zoogdieren van den Indischen Archipel. [On the mammals of the Malay Archipelago].
Leiden, S. Luchtmans, J. Luchtmans, C. C. van der Hoek, [1839]. Folio (43.4 x 29.0 cm). 57 pp., three double tables. Contemporary half calf over mottled boards, spine with gilt ornaments and title.
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Müller, S. and H. Schlegel
Beschrijving van een nieuwen zoetwater-visch van Borneo, Osteoglossum formosum. [AND] Beschrijving van vier oost-Indische zeevisschen behoorende tot het geslacht Amphacanthus. [AND] Overzigt der uit de Sunda- en Moluksche zeeën bekende visschen van de geslachten Amphiprion, Premnas, Pomacentrus, Clyphisodon, Dascyllus en Heliases.
Leiden, S. Luchtmans, J. Luchtmans en C. C. van der Hoek, 1840. Three papers in one. Folio (43.7 x 28.2 cm). 8 pp.; one finely hand-coloured plate [AND] 8 pp.; two finely hand-coloured plates [AND] 12 pp.; three finely hand-coloured plates. 19th-century-style half calf over marbled boards. Blind tooled floral edges. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with blind tooled floral vignettes and two black morocco labels with gilt title.
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Oppenoorth, W. F. F.
Homo ( Javanthropus) soloensis, n. subg. n. sp. Eene Plistoceene Mensch van Java. Voorlopige Mededeeling.
Batavia [Jakarta], Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië, 1932. Large 8vo (26.4 x 18.3 cm). 15 pp.; two text figures on one page, in black and red; two maps in the text, of which one partly coloured; six plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers.
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Poortenaar, J. C.
De Boroboedoer. Zes etsen door Jan Poortenaar, Inleiding van Prof. Dr. N. J. Krom.
[Naarden, privately published, 1929]. Folio (37.9 x 28.0 cm). Two leafs of text and six fine etchings under passe-partouts, all signed and numbered in pencil, this being #161. All as issued with the original cloth portfolio with gilt title on front.
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[Prévost d'Exiles, A. F.]
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection des toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusq'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connus: ... Tome dix-septième. Histoire générale des voyages, depuis le commencement du XVme siècle, dix-septième partie. Livre septième. Vies des gouverneurs généraux, avec l'abregé de l'histoire des etablissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales [AND] Histoire naturelle des Indes Orientales.
La Haye [Den Haag, The Hague], Pierre de Hondt, 1763. 4to (25.1 x 20.4 cm). [ii], 266, 300, 48 pp.; 56 plates (of fish, etc.). Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title.
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Radermacher, J. C. M. (ed.)
Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Verhandelingen. Volume 1.
Batavia, Ter Lands Drukkerij, 1820. 8vo (18.6 x 12.5 cm). 266, 59 pp. Voorbericht [foreword], 23 pp. Nabericht [afterword] and Bladwijzer [index]. Contemporary half calf with mottled paper over boards.
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Rees, W. A. Van
De Bandjermasinsche Krijg van 1859-1863. Nader toegelicht.
Arnhem, D. A. Thieme, 1867. 8vo (21.9 x 13.5 cm). Very large, triple-folded chromolithographed plate (as frontispiece); engraved, folded map; and very large, quadruple-folded engraved plate of a Kotta Mara (wooden warship), Title page, 139 pp. Contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and number.
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Riel, P. M. van (ed.)
Scientific results of the Snellius Expedition in the eastern part of the Netherlands East-Indies 1929-1930. Under leadership of P. M. van Riel. Director of the Amsterdam Branch Office of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1933-1959. Six volumes in 16. 4to (32.0 x 23.2 cm). Text and numerous plates, many coloured folded maps and charts. Original printed wrappers and contemporary printed cloth.
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Robidé van der Aa, P.
Reizen naar Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea ondernomen op last der regering van Nederlandsch-Indië in de jaren 1871-1872, 1875-1876 door de heeren P. van den Crab en J. E. Teysmann, J. G. Coorengel en A. J. Langeveldt van Hemert en P. Swaan. Met geschied- en aardrijkskundige toelichtingen door P. J. B. C. Robidé van der Aa.
's-Gravenhage [The Hague], Martinus Nijhoff, 1879. Large 8vo (23.4 x 15.4 cm). xlii, 480 pp., two large, folding maps. Later red cloth over speckled boards. Spine with title in black.
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Rouffaer, G. P. and H. H. Juynboll
Die Batik-Kunst in Niederländisch-Indien und ihre Geschichte bearbeitet auf Grund von dem im Reichs Museum für Volkerkunde und öffentlichen wie privaten Sammlungen in den Niederlanden befindlichen, reichhaltigen Material. De batik-kunst in Nederlandsch-Indië en haar geschiedenis. Op grond van materiaal aanwezig in 's Rijks Ethnographisch Museum en andere openbare en particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland.
Haarlem, H. Kleinmann & Co.; Utrecht, A. Oosthoek, 1899-1914. Two volumes in two (text, atlas). Large 4to (33.5 x 25.8 cm). Double title pages (in German and Dutch), 646 pp. (15, [iii], xxx, 534, xxix, xxxi-lxv); several text illustrations (1914 text volume); ix pp.; 100 plates (many double-sized, and/or in colour), one very large, double folded map (in red and black) of Java and Madura (1899 atlas volume), a second map, of "Voor India" (i.e., India proper) in red and black, double folded, tipped in between plates 80 and 81. Uniform full batik cloth. Patterned endpapers.
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Rumphius, G. E.
De Ambonse historie. Behelsende een kort verhaal der gedenkwaardigste geschiedenissen zo in vreede als oorlog voorgevallen sedert dat de Nederlandsche Oost Indische Comp: het besit in Amboina gehadt heeft [AND] De Ambonse historie. Behelsende een kort verhaal der Gedenkwaardigste Geschiedenissen zoo in vrede als oorlogh, voorgevallen zedert de regeering van den Superintendent Commissaris en Adml den wel Ed: Heer Arnold de Vlaming. En Eijndigende onder de Regeering van den Edele Agtb: Heer Jacob Hustard.
's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1910. Two parts in one. 8vo (25.0 x 16.2 cm). 489 [327; 162] pp. Original printed wrappers.
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Salm, A.
Java. Naar schilderijen en teekeningen van A. Salm, lid der Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten te Amsterdam. Op steen gebracht door J. C. Greive, Jr.
Amsterdam, Frans Buffa & Zonen, [1865]-1872. Folio (64.0 x 48.0 cm). Title page in red and black. 24 fine chromolithographed plates, finished by hand and heightened with gom arabic, mounted on larger sheets, and each with an original, small, printed caption mounted. Original green grained cloth portfolio with gilt title on the front board. A second, smaller, duplicating title-index leaf on thick paper, also printed in red and black (43.0 x 28.3 cm) loosely inserted.
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Sarasin, P. and F. Sarasin
Entwurf einer geographisch-geologischen Beschreibung der Insel Celebes. [WITH] Anhang. Untersuchung einiger Gesteinssuiten gesammelt in Celebes von P. und F. Sarasin, von C. Schmidt.
Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, 1901. Large 4to (30.1 x 24.2 cm). 383 pp.; one page-sized unnumbered lithographed plate, ten fine photogravures; four topographical and geological tinted lithographed maps (one folded in rear pocket). Original duotone cloth with gilt title on the front board.
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Sarasin, P. and F. Sarasin
Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. I. Die Süsswasser-Mollusken von Celebes.
Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, 1898. Large 4to (29.7 x 24.3 cm). viii, 104 pp.; map, 13 photographic, lithographic, or engraved plates. Contemporary black half cloth over marbled boards, typed label on spine.
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