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CHARLES WILLIAM MEREDITH VAN DE VELDE (1818-1898)
CHARLES WILLIAM MEREDITH VAN DE VELDE (1818-1898)
CHARLES WILLIAM MEREDITH VAN DE VELDE (1818-1898) Vues de Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, et autres possessions Hollandaises dans les grandes indes, dessinis d'après nature. Amsterdam: François Buffa et Fils, 1846. Large 2° (573 x 416mm). Engraved title-page vignette, 50 lithographic plates printed on India paper, captioned in Dutch and French, lithographed by Paulus Lauters and printed by Buffa in Amsterdam. (Small marginal waterstain outside plate marks on most leaves.) Contemporary gilt-panelled plum morocco, large gilt lozenge device at centre on upper and lower covers, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (spine rubbed, hinges weak, one taped). Provenance: Knowsley Hall, Lancashire (engraved armorial bookplate). RARE FIRST FRENCH EDITION, finely produced on large paper, of the classic work on Indonesian topography. The images are an important historical record drawn by Van de Velde over a period of ten years in the archipelago. The lithographic renderings of them are expertly inked, sharp impressions showing the masterly technique of Lauters to delineate the topographical and ethnological details of Van de Velde's drawings. This is one of only three sumptuous plates books on Indonesia published by Buffa, and first appeared in parts, with the French edition issued without a half-title, dedication or text. Haks & Maris, p.273; Bastin & Brommer pp. 22-24, notes 360, 377, 378; Landwehr, Dutch Colour Plates 459 (vide) . Charles William Meredith VAN DE VELDE. Gezigten uit Neêrlands Indië, naar de natuur geteekend en beschreven . [Amsterdam: Franz Buffa, 1843-1845]. Amsterdam: Repro Holland, 1979. 2° (378 x 280mm). Title-page vignette, 50 lithographic plates captioned in Dutch and French. Publisher's cloth-backed, vignette illustrated printed boards. Facsimile reprint of the first edition. Bezigten uit Neerlandsch Indie . N.p., n.d. [c.1880]. Oblong 2° (460 x 350mm). Manuscript on paper. Title, 31 leaves, 62 sides, numbered 1-67, wanting 25/26, 48/49 and misnumbered, without p.30. Unbound, modern green cloth fold-down box. Descriptive account of Java and Macassar. (3)