[Occult] De Javaansche geestenwereld

en de betrekking, die tusschen de geesten en de zinnelijke wereld bestaat, verduidelijkt door petangan's of tellingen bij de Javanen in gebruik, H.A. van Hien. Semarang, G.C.T. van Dorp, 1896, 4 vols. in 1 binding, XII,244,(2); VII,(1),174,(2); (4),223,(1),6; (4),173,(3),3 p., illustrations, contemporary sides with plain renewed leather spine, large 8vo.

Bookblock loosening, paper edges somewhat brittle. Good copy of the rare first edition (in 1884 Van Hien already published the work "De Petangan's of tellingen der Javanen"). Important and classic work in the field of Javanese mysticism and spirit world, witchcraft and astrology, reprinted many times. I. De Primbon's; II. De Tengerann's; III. De Woekoe's; IV. De Ngelmoe's.