Neeb - Naar Lombok! [eerste En Enige Druk/first And Only Edion].

Soerabaia, q, Fuhri, 1897. large Stout 4°. original cloth, richly illustrated and gilded front cover and spine. Hftitle(verso blank), title printed within an elaborate decorative border. 285pp. 135 fine black/white plates after photographs taken on-the-spot by C.J. Neeb, decorative head-and-tail pieces, text printed within a thin black line-border. LEKKERKERKER, A 40. Dutch language early description of Lombock Island, Eastern Indonesia. Plates of special interest for the knowledge of the Topography of Lombock, but also of indigenous ranks and files, e.g. Nobility, Priests and Commons (Official State-, Occupational and daily clothing). Besides general information on Lombock and her people information is supplied on the dutch military expedition against Lombock Rulers and her achievements in 1896. C.J. Neeb served as a Military Healty Officer, 2nd. Class, and Asbeek Brusse as a Lieutenant Infantry, with the Dutch East Indian Army. Very good copy in original publ. cloth. Rare. (verso of f.e.p. foxed).