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Title: Krakatau [with] Krakatau Album Author: Verbeek, Rogier D.M. Place: Batavia / Bruxelles Publisher: Imprimerie de l'Etat / Institut National de Geographi Date: 1885 Description: Three volumes. Text volume: [vi], xl, 567 pp. Half title and title page mounted, original front wrapper bound in. (8vo) 25.5x16 cm (10x6¼"). Atlas volume: 43 maps and tables on 12 linen-backed sheets, most folding; mounted photograph at rear. 36x28.5 cm (14¼x11¼"). Album: Title leaf, caption sheet and 25 chromolithograph views on nine sheets, original front and rear boards bound in. 42x61 cm (16½x24"). The three volumes uniformly bound in modern half calf and cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Editions. The album contains bright color lithographs of Krakatoa, Indonesia. The views had been made some 2 months after the actual eruption in 1883. Rogier Diederik Marius Verbeek (1845–1926) was a Dutch geologist and natural scientist. The present work, his best known, deals with the eruption of the volcanic island Krakatoa and brought volcanology into scientific prominence. Just two years before, Verbeek had done research in the area. Living in Buitenzorg on Java, he was a direct witness to the eruption. Lot Amendments Condition: Text volume with two leaves detached and edge worn; atlas volume with some foxing, long tear to tissue guard over photograph; album volume with all leaves chipped at edges, some tears; all leaves with modern backing; overall very good in fine modern bindings. Item number: 264280