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J.J.X. PFYFFER ZU NEUECK
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J.J.X. PFYFFER ZU NEUECK
Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben Verschiedenen Bewohnern. Schaffhausen: Franz Hurter, 1829.
4° (325 x 233mm). Letterpress and lithographic title-pages, folding map, 15 hand-coloured lithographic plates executed by Johannes Schiess. Contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: The Library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (shelf mark on front pastedown), sold by Wm. H. Robinson, Pall Mall (book label).
EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION of these magnificent plates of Javanese costume, life and topography as recorded by the author during his service in Java, 1819-1827. The work was first issued in 4 parts, in printed wrappers, but only 2 complete copies are recorded by Bastin and Brommer, both in the Netherlands. Reviewing this Phillipps copy, Bastin proclaimed it "unbelievably bright and rich". Indeed, lead-based pigments are known to have been used to colour some copies which have since darkened very badly. Haks and Maris p.236; Bastin and Brommer p.11,12, notes 186, 187; Lipperheide Ld 23.
Skizzen von der Insel Java und derselben Verschiedenen Bewohnern. Schaffhausen: Franz Hurter, 1829.
4° (325 x 233mm). Letterpress and lithographic title-pages, folding map, 15 hand-coloured lithographic plates executed by Johannes Schiess. Contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: The Library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (shelf mark on front pastedown), sold by Wm. H. Robinson, Pall Mall (book label).
EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST EDITION FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION of these magnificent plates of Javanese costume, life and topography as recorded by the author during his service in Java, 1819-1827. The work was first issued in 4 parts, in printed wrappers, but only 2 complete copies are recorded by Bastin and Brommer, both in the Netherlands. Reviewing this Phillipps copy, Bastin proclaimed it "unbelievably bright and rich". Indeed, lead-based pigments are known to have been used to colour some copies which have since darkened very badly. Haks and Maris p.236; Bastin and Brommer p.11,12, notes 186, 187; Lipperheide Ld 23.
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