SIEDLECKI- JAWA Nature and Art. Notes from a journey 1913

SIEDLECKI Michał

JAWA

Nature and art

Travel Notes

Warsaw 1913, J. Mortkowicz Publishing House, pp. XIV, 294, format 20x25cm

From the book collection of the Rulikowskis of Poturzyn [mansion in Poturzyn, Tomaszow Lub. district, Lublin province].

"The book collection consisted of about 1500 volumes of publications mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries in the fields of ornithology, history, economics and occult sciences. After World War I, Wlodzimierz Rulikowski amassed a collection of birds and their eggs, as well as hunting trophies from Europe and Africa. The mansion was surrounded by an old landscape park of several hectares with a rich stand of trees, with lime and chestnut alleys. A brick lamus, dating back to the 18th century, was erected in the park."[http://www.dwory.cal24.pl/]

Cont. chapters: Between Tryest and Batavia, First impressions, Location and structure of Java, Climate, Buitenzorg [botanical garden], Virgin forest, Animal world of Java, Handful of biological observations, Population, Voices of nature, Music - Gamelan, Theater - Wajang, On the Javanese sea, Monuments of bygone eras.

A compendium of knowledge about Java compiled by the Cracow-based zoological scholar, Professor Michal Siedlecki (1873-1940 Sachsenhausen).

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Condition DB minor soiling, paper a bit yellowed, a few underlining in pencil, one fold loose