Licht- en Schaduwbeelden uit de Binnenlanden van Java. Over het karakter, de mate van beschaving, de zeden en gebruiken der Javanen; over de invoering van het Christendom op Java, het bezigen van vrijen arbeid en andere vragen van den dag.7e herz. en verm.druk (7th revised & enlarged edn.).

JUNGHUHN, F.W. (1809-1864),

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Amsterdam, Brinkman, 1870. Small 8°. Orig. pict.col. lithographed publ. wrappers (lith.Amand, Amsterdam), spine recently rebacked. Hftitle(verso blank). 294pp. BUUR, PD, 53 (states 1st, 2nd. and 6th edns. only). Autor's famous allegoric work of javanese pantheistic deism, the introduction of christianism on Java, free labour versus statuary labour, characteristics of civilization, traditional morals and customs of the Javanese population, which caused much uproar in Europe (: banned in Austria & various German federal states), well-received in colonial Indonesia, strongly opposed by the Dutch Christian Churches in Indonesia, as the work opposes the introd. of christianity among the Javanese; the work also discusses free labour & statuary labour of the Indonesians (the so-called "Heerendiensten"). The best edn. as it also contains a biography by F. Günst of author (pp.1-61). Uncut copy in orig.(rebacked) col. lithographed publ. wrappers. Very rare. (lower (blind)wrap. with some fraying at extremities).

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• Title: Licht- en Schaduwbeelden uit de Binnenlanden van Java. Over het karakter, de mate van beschaving, de zeden en gebruiken der Javanen; over de invoering van het Christendom op Java, het bezigen van vrijen arbeid en andere vragen van den dag.7e herz. en verm.druk (7th revised & enlarged edn.).
• Binding: Soft cover