COOL (Wouter). [War of Lombok 1894]. With the Dutch in the E - Lot 46

COOL (Wouter). [War of Lombok 1894]. With the Dutch in the East. An outline of the Military Operations in Lombock, 1894 London, Luzac, 1897. Large In-8, VIII p. (tables) 365 p. VIII p. (index) (2) p. (glossary) 4 p. (Luzac catalog), frontispiece and 1 folding map hors-texte, 93 illustrations in the text, publisher's decorated green percaline, gilt title on spine (tear on lower cut, very light stain on upper cover, slight russ. on front and title). First English edition adapted from the Dutch by Elizabeth J. Taylor. Military account of the Dutch colonial intervention on the Indonesian island of Lombok, then under the rule of the Balinese kings of Karangasem, in 1894, accompanied by digressions on the native population, architecture, irrigation methods, agricultural activities, folklore, religious customs and a history of the introduction of Islam and Hinduism on the island. Illustrated by G.B. Hooyer with 1 frontispiece and 1 folding map, 93 illustrations in the text (including 14 plans and 11 full-page illustrations). Handwritten bookplate.