J.A.S. Joustra - Batakspiegel. 2e Vermeerderde Druk (2nd Enlarged Edn.)

Leiden, S.C. van Doesburg, 1926. Original cloth. (xvi), 382pp., full-p. sketch-map, fold. table illustrating tribal spread of Pakpak country (Batak region), tables in text, large folded coloured map, 1: 500 000, with legenda, loose in endpocket, bibliography, register of Batak names, Personal & Geographical names, extensive footnotes, printed marginalia, table of contents. [Uitgaven van het Bataksch Instituut - No. 21] An excellent so-called District-Gazetteer or a multi disciplinary report covering Batak region, North Sumatra, e.g. geography, history, Batak ditricts, climate, life-cycle, prohibitory signs & taboos, customary-law, religion (Batak religion & Christianity vs. Islam, Animism, etc.), means of subsistence, economy, local politics, civil service. Rare. (Panels and spine heavily stained, contents fine).