In Centraal Borneo

Reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda. Dr. A.W. Nieuwenhuis. [2 volumes]. E.J. Brill. Leiden. 1900. Large 8vo, 2 volumes, rebound, half leather, spine with gilt stamping, VIII,308 and VIII,369,XVI pp. More than 100 full-page plates. Some loose/ tender. Overview map published later (1902) is not present. The cased boards of volume I with damage, else good.

Scientific report of an expedition in up to then unexplored Dutch Borneo with emphasis on ethnography, cultural antropology, means of existence, family relations, communical village centres and their architecture, climate, topography, Dayak tribes etc. Scarce Dutch edition (total 2).