Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen,

door de Leden der Natuurkundige commissie in Indië en andere Schrijvers. Uitgegeven op last van den koning door C.J. Temminck. Leiden, printed by J.G. la Lau for S. and J. Luchtmans and C.C. van der Hoek, 1839-1844, 1 text part and 1 print part: Text part: VIII,472 p., contemporary half-calf with gilt spine, folio. Print part: 83 (of 86) partially hand-coloured lithographed maps, panoramas and other prints, loose in modern cloth box, folio.

Text part complete, missing prints 31, 35 and 46. Apart from that with several minor flaws. Sold with all flaws. The ethnographic part of Temminck's famous Verhandelingen, with splendid panoramas and portraits of native people. Apart from this (first) part, similare parts were published about zoology and botany. Because the costs were already quite high at the time, people were able to order them separately.All partes are rare, and complete sets even extremely rare.