H. Colijn - Neerlands Indië. Land en volk, geschiedenis en bestuur, bedrijf en samenleving. Eerste [en] Tweede deel. Met [...] photographieën, prenten, kaarten, teekeningen en [gekleurde] platen

H. Colijn - Neerlands Indië. Land en volk, geschiedenis en bestuur, bedrijf en samenleving. Eerste [en] Tweede deel. Met [...] photographieën, prenten, kaarten, teekeningen en [gekleurde] platen - Amsterdam - Uitgevers-Maatschappij "Elsevier" - 1911/1912 - 1st edition - 2 parts - [6], [viii], [380]; [6], [396] pp - Linnen banden - 24 x 29 cm. - [Design: Chris Lebeau].

Condition: Good set - COMPLETE. With wear, part 2 damaged at the top of the spine. Some loose pages. NEAT COPIES though.

Antiquarian photobook in two sturdy volumes about the islands of the Dutch East Indies (Java, Bali, Sumatra, the Moluccas, etc.). Illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions and (fold-out) maps in colour. With a foreword by former Governor-General J.B. van Heutsz, table of contents and index. Hardback edition. Cf. Aardse p. 149.

¶ Attractive standard work (book covers in beautiful 'Oriental Jugendstil' design by Chris Lebeau) with a complete overview of the state of affairs at the beginning of the 20th century in the Dutch colony, written by experts. The books deal i.a. with the tea and sugar industry, gold mines, coins, trade & banking, education, the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, Islam, infrastructure, roads, water traffic, the military land and sea forces (KNIL), races and languages ​​of natives (Atjehers, Papuans, Batak, 'headhunters' etc.), artefacts, textiles (batik), primitive art and the East India Company.