123 - JAVA (A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Description of) and the Other Islands of the Indian Archipelago. Containing details on the customs, arts, languages, religions, and practices of the inhabitants of this part of the world by Messrs. Raffles and John Crawfurd. Translated from the English by Marchal. Brussels, Tarlier and Jobard, 1824. In-4 (30.7 x 23.5 cm), 19 pp., 364 pp., red long-grain half-maroquin, corners, richly decorated spine, thread-bound, untrimmed (contemporary binding).

JAVA (A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Description of) and the Other Islands of the Indian Archipelago. Containing details on the customs, arts, languages, religions, and practices of the inhabitants of this part of the world by Messrs. Raffles and John Crawfurd. Translated from the English by Marchal. Brussels, Tarlier and Jobard, 1824. In-4 (30.7 x 23.5 cm), 19 pp., 364 pp., red long-grain half-maroquin, corners, richly decorated spine, thread-bound, untrimmed (contemporary binding). FIRST AND ONLY FRENCH EDITION, translated by Marchal. The work, published in 12 installments, offers a synthesis of the two classic works on Java and Indonesia: *The History of Java* (1817) by the island’s governor, Thomas Stamford Raffles, and *History of the Indian Archipelago* (1820) by John Crawfurd, administrator of Jakarta. Both aim to document the customs and traditions, history and geography, as well as religious practices. Beautiful illustrations, produced by Jobard, one of the pioneers of lithography. 46 lithographic plates, including 10 color plates of costumes: a Papuan or native of New Guinea; a Javanese chieftain in his everyday attire; a Javanese bride; - Javanese man in war attire, among others. Reproductions of temples, statues, musical instruments, and ancient forms of the Javanese alphabet... Two large folded maps of the Indian Archipelago and the mineralogical map of Java, enhanced with color. SUPERB COPY IN A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC BINDING. (some slight foxing). Cordier, *Indosinica*, 1109. Landwehr, *Studies in Dutch Books with Colored Plates*, 1976, no. 397. Bastin & Bromer, *Indonesia*, no. 144. Van der March, 89. (See illustration on p. 72)