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.5e herziene en verm. druk (6th revised & enlarged edn.).

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

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Amsterdam, F. Günst, 1867. Smal stoutl 8°. Original clothbacked green marbled publ. boards. Gilded title on spine, small gilded decorations in compartments. Hftitle (verso blank). 442pp. Monochrome lithographed portrait of Junghuhn with his signature (reproduced) at tail. BUUR, PD, 53. Junghuhn's famous dutch language allegoric work about javanese pantheistic deism, strongly opposing the introduction of christianism on Java, an appraisal of free labour versus statuary labour, characteristics of civilization, traditional morals and customs of the Javanese population. The strong anti-christian and anti-religious tendency caused much uproar in Europe, the book was banned in various federal German states and in Australia. It was well received with the european population of the Dutch East Indies, however demonized by christian churches operating in Indonesia. Still of great interest and value. Copy in original publ. boards. (boards shaved in places, spine-ends someewhat damaged and worn).

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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.5e herziene en verm. druk (6th revised & enlarged edn.).
• Binding: Hardcover