Korber, Ph. (editor/translator), - Phocton. Lotgevallen En Ontmoetingen Op Eene Reis Naar Oost-indië. Orig. Edn. [translated And Edited After The Original German Language Manuscript By Ph. Korber].

Gouda, G.B. van Goor, [circa], 1880. Small 8°, original boards, title in gilt at centre of front panel within a nice gilt tooled elaborate decorative border, large gilt tooled decorative design at lower outer panel. Hftitle (verso blank), (xii) (preface and introduction), 166pp. Steel-engraved frontispice (a scene of a tigerhunt), translation of low-malay words and expressions at tail-margins, table of contents on 1LL., publ. advert. inside front- and lower outer boards. Neither called-for in holdings of Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, KITLV, nor in Royal Dutch Library. Posthumously published accont, edited from author's, a german Genral Practioner, original Ms. notes, of a sea-voyage from Rotterdam to Batavia, dutch colonial Indonesia. With detailed notes on life aboard, together with other passengers and fresh recruits of the Royal Dutch East Indian Army, arrival at Batavia which includes a description of the new city, visit to Surabaya, a tiger-hunt in the interior of Java, a visit to an estate, &c. Text with a strong moralistic tendency. Good copy. Rare. (some light signs of splitting alongside top and tail of upper outer front joint, boards a bit dusty and faded, some minimal spotting to verso of french title).