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Borneo
Borneo. Beschrijving van het stroomgebied van den Barito en reizen langs eenige voorname rivieren van het Zuid-Oostelijk gedeelte van dat eiland. Op last van het Gouvernement van Nederl. Indie gedaan in de jaren 1843-1847.
Amsterdam, P.N. van Kampen, 1853-1854.
2 volumes. Original embossed cloth (soiled). With chromo-lithographed views on title pages, folding map, and 24 chromolithographed plates (1 folding) after Von Gaffron by C.W. Mieling. (2),234; XIV,200 pp. First edition. - Carl Anton Ludwig Maria Schwaner (1817 -1851) was a German geologist and naturalist. He studied geology and mineralogy in Heidelberg, afterwards being associated with the museum of natural history in Leiden. In 1842, on a recommendation from Coenraad Jacob Temminck, he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie voor Nederlandsch Indië (Scientific commission of the Dutch East Indies). He arrived in Batavia in August 1842, and following certain delays, traveled to Borneo in order to conduct geological investigations. From 1843 to 1848, he performed geological, topographical, zoological and ethnographical research on Borneo. From November 1847 to February 1848, he trekked from the southern town of Bandjermasin, through the interior of the island, to Pontianak on its western coast; thus becoming the first European to accomplish such a feat.During that time he was the first European to cross the island from Banjarmasin to Pontianak. The author was accompanied by the artists Auguste van Pers (1815-1871) and Heinrich von Gaffron (1813-1880). He included much early information on the ethnic groups he encountered. Schwaner is 'der hervorragendste Borneo-Forscher seiner Zeit, bahnbrechend als Erschliesser des Südteils der grossen Insel' (Henze V, p.98). - With beautiful coloured plates. - Rare.
Bastin-Brommer N580; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 430; Tiele 995; Cat. KITLV p.27; Henze V, p.98.
2 volumes. Original embossed cloth (soiled). With chromo-lithographed views on title pages, folding map, and 24 chromolithographed plates (1 folding) after Von Gaffron by C.W. Mieling. (2),234; XIV,200 pp. First edition. - Carl Anton Ludwig Maria Schwaner (1817 -1851) was a German geologist and naturalist. He studied geology and mineralogy in Heidelberg, afterwards being associated with the museum of natural history in Leiden. In 1842, on a recommendation from Coenraad Jacob Temminck, he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie voor Nederlandsch Indië (Scientific commission of the Dutch East Indies). He arrived in Batavia in August 1842, and following certain delays, traveled to Borneo in order to conduct geological investigations. From 1843 to 1848, he performed geological, topographical, zoological and ethnographical research on Borneo. From November 1847 to February 1848, he trekked from the southern town of Bandjermasin, through the interior of the island, to Pontianak on its western coast; thus becoming the first European to accomplish such a feat.During that time he was the first European to cross the island from Banjarmasin to Pontianak. The author was accompanied by the artists Auguste van Pers (1815-1871) and Heinrich von Gaffron (1813-1880). He included much early information on the ethnic groups he encountered. Schwaner is 'der hervorragendste Borneo-Forscher seiner Zeit, bahnbrechend als Erschliesser des Südteils der grossen Insel' (Henze V, p.98). - With beautiful coloured plates. - Rare.
Bastin-Brommer N580; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 430; Tiele 995; Cat. KITLV p.27; Henze V, p.98.
€ 1.500
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