Het kamerlid Van Berkestein in Nederlandsch-Indië door M.T.H. Perelaer

Het kamerlid Van Berkestein in Nederlandsch-Indië door M.T.H. Perelaer. Teekeningen door Jhr. J.C. Rappard. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1888, 4 vols. in 2 bindings, (8),206,(2);(2),202,(2);(6),196,(2);(2),198,(2) p., with 107 fine colour lithos, original richly gilt cloth, folio. Good copy with some foxing, as usual. Both bindings professionally rebacked using the original spine strip, new endpapers. Cardboard sides sometimes exposed through wear/bumps.

Richly illustrated fabricated account of an MP who refuses to judge over Indonesian matters before he has travelled across the entire archipelago. The images are produced by Lieutenant Josias Cornelis van Rappard after photos taken by himself. (total 2)