Veth - Het Leven In Nederlandsch-indië. 3e Druk.(3rd. Edn.).

Amsterdam, Van Kampen, s.n. [..], 1900. Small 8°. orig. wrappers. Hftitle(verso blank). 166pp. BUUR, PD, 554(calls for the 2nd. edn. only; this edn. NOT called-for in Library Royal Institute of Anthropology and Linguistics, K.I.T.L.V. ). A cynical description, after author's own observations, of late nineteenth century european [=dutch] colonial indonesian society. Author's sarcasm deals a.o. with his arrival at Batavia, his observations on the so-called Indische menschen, colonial marriage and married life, hotels, society-life, the way of introducing oneself,&c..This essay caused much uproar both in the Netherlands as well as in Indonesia. See also: Nieuwenhuys, O.I.Sp. (1972), pp.263-70. Uncut copy. (some occasions small spots to recto of hftitle and on lower outer wrapper, some very light dog-earing).