M T H Perelaer - Borneo Van Zuid Naar Noord. [eerste Naar Tijdsorde Gerangschikte Druk/first Edition, Arranged In Chronology].

Amsterdam, Elsevier, [circa], 1880. 2 vols., small 8°. original publ. cloth, serial-title in gilt on front boards, printed within a double-barred gilt tooled line-border, tiny gilt tooled ornaments at each corner, serial-title, name of author and publ. in gilt on spine, 'compartments' separated by two horizontal narrow gilt line borders. Hftitles (versos with publ. vignettes). (viii)(table of contents), 287; 297, (iii)(table of contents)pp. Translation of low-malay words in text at tail-margins, ex-libris pasted inside front boards [Verzamelde Romantische Werken.., II]. BUUR, PD, 233, calls for another [later] edition. This two-volume edition NOT called-for in holdings of Royal Dutch Institute of Lingistics and Anthropology, KITLV. Dutch language 'novel', being author's recollections of his posting at Borneo (Kalimantan), including his personal experiences during his tours of duty as a military officer. Later editions bear subtitle:Ethnografische Roman. Very nice set in original publishers'cloth. Rare. (Inner hinges show light signs of cracking, holding firmly however, some light occasional foxing to hftitles and final blank).