SIEDLECKI Michal - Java. Nature and art. Notes from a trip. Written ... Warsaw-Krakow 1913, published by J. Mortkowicz. 4, pp. XIV, 294, [1], maps ff. 2, plates 30. ppb. of epoch.
Cover slightly rubbed, overall good condition. Attached front cover broch. loose. Cont. chapters: Between Tryest and Batavia, First impressions, Location and structure of Java, Climate, Buitenzorg [botanical garden], Pristine forest, Animal world of Java, A 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). "Adorned with the author's excellent drawings, the book was considered by the critics of the time to be an outstanding work of travel and literature" (PSB).
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