[Java. A. Salm]. Java, naar schilderijen en teekeningen van A. Salm,

op steen gebracht door J.C. Greive. Amst., F. Buffa & Zn., n.d. (1865-72). Letterpress title-p. printed in black and red w. list of the plates verso, followed by 17 (of 24) chromolithogr. plates, partly finished by hand, hinged to mounts and loose as issued, each mount captioned w. a printed ticket on the outer right lower corner. Orig. giltlettered cl. portfolio w. remnants of ties. Large folio.

Lacks plates 1-3, 5, 9, 10 and 12, plate 4 yellowed, lacking the ticket, perforated in margins and sl. smaller (from another copy), plate 19 loose from mount, mounts foxed, a few mounts w. marginal defects, portfolio waterst. and dam. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. *Abram Salm (1801-76), a tobacco planter, spent 29 years in Indonesia and was a self-taught draughtsman and painter of num. landscapes in Java. 24 of Salm's works were copied by the painter and lithogr. J.C. Greive (1837-91) at the request of the publ. Frans Buffa. The quality and finish of the plates in 'Java' is generally held to be Greive's and Buffa's greatest effort, and thus represent some of the finest 19th cent. lithogr. book ills. to have been publ. in the Netherlands. Moreover, Salm's works were of rarely depicted Indonesian landscapes. 2 versions of this work exist: tinted and col. w. hand finishing. This is a copy w. hand finishing. Bastin & Brommer, p. 44-45 and note 659; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Cold. Plates, 421; Tiele, Bibl. 954.