Antique Map – JAVA-INDONESIA-COLOURED-HOOIBERG-HARDOUIN after unknown artist published by H.M. LANGE – 1855

Description

Physieke en Politieke Kaart van het Eiland Java

Engraving on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 50 x 43 cm. (19,7 x 16,9 inch). Image size: 42,7 x 34,8 cm. (16,8 x 13,7 inch).

From: ‘Java. Tooneelen uit het leven karakterschetsen en kleederdragten van Java’s bewoners in afbeeldingen naar de natuur geteekend’ by E. Hardouin and text by W. L. Ritter, published in Leiden, The Netherlands 1855. This is the rare first original hand coloured edition. One of the best-illustrated works on Java and the Javanese of the 19th-century. The plates were printed by Lemercier in Paris. Ref: Bastin and Brommer, 301; Haks and Maris, p. 112; Landwehr, 301

Made by T. Hooiberg after an anonymous artist. Ernest Alfred Hardouin (French; born 1820) did not live to see the work published – he died in Batavia in 1853 (or Januaty 1854, as stated by Haks and Maris).

Condition: Good, given age. A few foxing spots. Some crinkles. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JAVA-INDONESIA-COLOURED

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