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JUNGHUHN, Franz Wilhelm.
Landschafts Ansichten von Java.
Junghuhn's rarest and probably also most delicately printed work, with striking views of volcano craters, mountainous landscapes, shores and forests of Java. Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809-1864) was a German geographer, cartographer, geologist and naturalist who became one of the most important early explorers of Java. Following the example of the explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, whom he saw as an example and with whom he corresponded, Junghuhn illustrated his books and travelogues with coloured lithographs, which gave the public in Europe a new insight into the distant East Indies.
- Published
- Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1856-57.
- References
- Muller Junghuhn Bibliographie, p.336; Bastin-Brommer, p.29 and N473; Engrlmann I, p.136; Bobins 295.
- Plates
- 13
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1856-57.
- Ref
- 5306
Oblong folio with 11 coloured lithographic plates, plus one on the cover, making a total of 12 together with 3 octavo vols of text and uncoloured folding plates plus one hand-coloured frontispiece. Folio volume: Quarter red cloth, plate laid down on the upper cover. Octavo vols: contemporary half calf with orange title labels o spine. Rare early views of Java. The author was born in Germany and first came to Indonesia in 1835 and became a medical officer in the Netherlands Indies Army. In 1839 he was transferred to Sumatra and a few years later became known for his importance as a scientist, author, draughtsman, philosopher, and photographer. The plates in this work were, according to Junghuhn, selected because they depicted typical Javanese landscapes. Coloured plates in order: Octavo volume. 1. Frontispiece. Gunung - Lamongan. Folio volume: 2. [Front cover] Gunung - Lamongan. 3. Nordkuste bei Samarang. 4. Sudkuste Ostwarts von Rongkop. 5. Gunung - Gamping. 6. Gunung - Sewu. 7. Gunungb- Sumbing. 8. Kahwah - Patua. 9. Gunung - Guntur. 10. Telaga - Patengan. 11. Plateau -Dieng. 12. Gunung - Gede. 13. Gunung - Merapi.
