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- Travels in the East Indian Archipelago.
Travels in the East Indian Archipelago.
Bickmore, Albert.
D. Appleton and Company, ( 1869), New York
23 cm. 553, (6 publisher's ads) pp. b/w plates, folding maps
Price: $100
Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Bickmore, a Dartmouth grad, was a naturalist, and founder of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, so he knows whereof he writes. According to his Preface, this book took shape because he was granted unaccustomed access by the Dutch Government to the Spice Islands. The book is wonderfully illustrated, with 35 plates displaying the flora, fauna, landscapes, peoples, and situations he encountered. His descriptions are rich and detailed, and he also throws in some crowd-pleasing stuff, such as his chapter on “The Land of Cannibals” or the final plate in the book – “Killing the Python.” Bound in publisher’s green cloth with gold cover and spine lettering and decoration. Scattered light foxing, some pages crudely cut, but with no loss. A very good copy of the first edition.
