Bubb Kuyper

INDONESIA. BOOKS, MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Session of Wednesday 25 November 2026, 9.30 am

On view: Thursday 19 November 2026 – Sunday 22 November 2026, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm · Order of the sale

93 lots

Lot 2016

The Asmat of New Guinea. The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller.

Ed. A.A. Gerbrands. New York, Mus. of Primitive Art, 1967, 349p., num. full-p. col. ills., fold. col. map, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. Edge-Partington, J. Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Originally published as Album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress of natives of the Pacific islands. Ed. B.L. Miller. Bangkok, SDI, 1996, 2nd enl. ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (7),391; (2),238; (4),237p., profusely illustrated, printed in 999 copies, orig. gilt clothbacked pict. boards, obl. folio.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2017

[Batik]. Majlis, B.K. Indonesische Textilien. Wege zu Göttern und Ahnen. Bestandskatalog der Museen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Cologne, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Mus., 1984, (2),373p., col. plates, ills., orig. pict. boards, 4to (Ethnologica, Neue Folge 10). Kerlogue, F. The book of batik. Singapore, Archipelago Press, 2004, 191,(1)p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 4 others about batik, i.a. I.M. ELLIOTT, Batik, fabled cloth of Java (New York, 1984, num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2019

Brandes, J.L.A. Pararaton (Ken Arok) of het boek der koningen van Tumapel en van Majapahit.

The Hague/ Batavia, Martinus Nijhoff/ Albrecht & Co., 1920, 2nd ed., XV,(1),343p., later cl. w. mounted orig. frontwr., 4to. Veen, H. van der. The Sa'dan Toradja Chant for the deceased. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1966, VIII,91,(1)p., orig. wr. - AND 9 others, i.a. G.K. NIEMANN, Bloemlezing uit Maleische geschriften (ibid., 1906-1907, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr. Backstrips sl. dam.) and H.C. HUMME, Abiasa, Een Javaansch toneelstuk (Wayang), met een Hollandsche vertaling en toelichtende nota (ibid., 1878, orig. wr. Spine strengthened).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2020

Brown, I. (ed.). The Territories of Indonesia.

London, Routledge, 2009, X,346p., maps, orig. boards. Taylor, J.G. Indonesia, Peoples and Histories. New Haven/ London, Yale Univ. Press, 2003, XXI,(1),420p., maps, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2024

[Children's books]. Meeteren-Brouwer, M. van.

Menno's Indisch-Prenten-Boek. Uit het dagelijksche leven van het Indische kind. Utr., W. de Haan, n.d. (1924), (25)p., (full-p.) col./ tinted ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by M. VAN MEETEREN BROUWER, obl. 8vo. Schöppel, F.A. Loetoeng Kasaroeng. Een Soendaneesche Legende. Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., 1925, VI,5-92p., 12 tipped-in col. plates and orig. clothbacked dec. boards w. mounted col. plate by J. VAN DER HEYDEN, 4to. AND 2 others, i.a. J. KUNST, Bedgja het gamelan jongetje (Batavia etc., n.d. (±1950), (col.) ills. and orig. wr. by S. BRINKGREVE-KUNST, obl. 8vo).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2025

Darah Bharata.

Verzameling van hoofdpersonen uit de Wajang Poerwa. Weltevreden, n.publ., 1919, 21,(1)p., 37 very fine lithogr. plates in colours and gold by R. SOELARDI, orig. col. linocut frontwr. by P. DUCRO, 4to.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2026

[Dictionaries]. Boer, D.W.N. de De Indonesische aanvulling van het Maleise woordenboek, in het bijzonder de z.g. "Kata'istilah", vaktechnische termen en uitdrukkingen.

Leyden, Brill, 1949, XIV,(2),68p., contemp. hcl. w. orig. backstrip. Grijns, C.D. Jakarta Malay, A Multidimensional Approach to Spatial Variation (Ibid., idem), 1991, 2 vols., XX,292; VI,156,(4)p., 35 (double-p.) (col.) maps, orig. unif. wr. - AND 3 others, i.a. D.S. MOYER, The Logic of the Laws, A Structural Analysis of Malay Language Legal Codes from Bengkulu (The Hague, 1975, ills., orig. wr.) and D. SALLEH a.o. Kamus Inggeris Melayu Dewan, An English-Malay Dictionary (Kuala Lumpur, 1992, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2027

[Dictionaries]. Zoetmulder, P.J. Old Javanese-English Dictionary.

The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1982, 2 vols. XXXI,(1),1220; (4),1221-2368p., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., 4to. Idem. De taal van het Adiparwa, een grammaticale studie van het oudjavaans. Dordrecht/ Cinnaminson, Foris, 1983, VIII,261p., orig. (sl. foxed) wr. - AND: E.C. HORNE, Javanese-English Dictionary (New Haven/ London, 1974, orig. (sunned and sl. fingersoiled) cl., 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2028

Ensink, J. On the Old-Javanese Cantakaparwa and its Tale of Sutasoma.

The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1967, XII,66,(2)p., orig. wr. Kern, H. Wrtta-sanc'aya, Oudjavaansch leerdicht over versbouw. Ibid., Brill, 1875, (4),205p., later cl. w. mounted orig. (torn) frontwr. - AND 10 others, i.a. IDEM, Ramayana, Oudjavaansch heldendicht (ibid., 1900, later cl. w. mounted orig. frontwr.) and H.H. JUYNBOLL, Âdiparwa, Oudjavaansch prozageschrift (ibid., 1906, orig. wr. Spine split, lvs. loos(ening)).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2029

[Gastronomy]. Catenius-van der Meijden, J.M.J.

Groot nieuw volledig Oost-Indisch kookboek, 1381 recepten. Semarang etc., G.C.T. van Dorp & Co. N.V., 1942, 4th ed., (8),484p., orig. pict. boards, large 8vo.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2031

Goris, R. Bijdrage tot de kennis der oud-Javaansche en Balineesche theologie.

Leyden, A. Vros, 1926, (8,)171,(2)p., orig. wr. Schmidt, J. From Anatolia to Indonesia, Opium Trade and the Dutch Community of Izmir, 1820-1940. Istanbul, Nederlandsch Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut, 1998, (6),222p., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 14 others, i.a. H. SCHULTE NORDHOLT, Outward Appearances, Dressing state and society in Indonesia (Leyden, 1997, photogr. ills., orig. wr.) and R.A. KARTINI, Brieven aan mevrouw R.M. Abendanon-Mandri en haar echtgenoot (Dordrecht/ Providence, 1987, orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2032

Haan, F. de. Oud Batavia.

Bandoeng, A.C. Nix & Co., 1935, 2nd rev. ed., 2 vols., text vol.: IX,(1),860,(1)p., 2 fold. plans loosely inserted in rear pocket, plates/ ills.; plate vol.: LXIIp., 315 plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt and dec. embossed cl. w. dustwr., in contemp. unif. board slipcases, large 4to. Klein, W.C. Nieuw Guinea. De ontwikkeling op economisch, sociaal en cultureel gebied, in Nederlands en Australisch Nieuw Guinea. The Hague, Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf, 1953-1954, 3 vols., XIV,491; VII,(1),470; VIII,600p., 4 fold. maps (1x col.) loose in rear pockets of vol. 1 and 3, num. other (fold.) maps, plates and tables, orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to. AND 2 others, i.a. Gedenkboek der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij 1824-1924 (Amst., 1924, frontisp. portrait, num. photogr. plates, ills., orig. gilt cl., folio).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2033

Helsdingen-Schoevers, B. van. Het Serimpi boek.

Weltevreden, Volkslectuur, n.d. (1925), 2 vols., text vol.: 30p., orig. wr.; 20 col. and 12 tinted plates, loose as issued in orig. paper portfolio, 4to. Kat Angelino, P. de. Mudra's op Bali. Handhoudingen der priesters. The Hague, Adi-Poestaka, 1922, 66 textp., ills. on plates by TYRA DE KLEEN, orig. gilt dec. cl., 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2034

Hering, B. Pramoedya Ananta Toer 70 Tahun, Essays to honour Pramoedya Ananta Toer's 70th Year.

Stein, Yayasan Kabar Seberang, 1995, (6),314p., orig. (sl. foxed) wr. Idem. De stroom uit het noorden. Transl. H. Maier. Breda, De Geus, 1995, 748p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 7 other translated works by the same, i.a. IDEM, De vluchteling (ibid., 1991, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and IDEM, A Heap of Ashes (St. Lucia, 1975, orig. cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2036

[Indonesian art]. Bakker, W. Visual arts in Bali. A century of change 1900-2000. Ed. W. Campschreur.

N.pl. (Eindhoven), Lecturis, 2018, 287,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. boards, 4to. , B. The Art of Collecting: East Indies Paintings. Volendam, LM Publishers, n.d. (2019), 204p., col. ills., orig. boards, sq. 4to. Spruit, R. Kunstenaars op Bali. Amst., The Pepin Press, 1996, 128p., col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Roever-Bonnet, H. de. Rudolf Bonnet, een zondagskind. Zijn leven en zijn werk. Wijk en Aalburg, Pictures Publishers, 1993, 171,(1)p., (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others, i.a. F. HAKS a.o. Pre-war Balinese modernists 1928-1942. An Additional Page in Art-History (Haarlem, Ars et Animatio, 1999, num. col. ills., orig. wr., 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2039

Jardner, H and Jardner, H.W. Eingefangene Fäden, Textile Verzierungstechniken in West-Timor, Indonesien.

Hamburg, Abera Verlag Meyer, 1995, 235p., (col. photogr.) ills., orig. wr. Archipel 69: Autour de la Peinture à Java. Vol. 1. Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/ l'Institut Naitonal des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, 2005, (1),152-258p., ills., later cl. w. orig. frontwr. mounted. - AND 3 others, i.a. J. TERWEN-DE LOOS, Het Nederlands Koloniale Meubel (Franeker, 1985, num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2042

Junus, T. Tafsir Keris, Kris: An Interpretation.

Jakarta, Komunitas Panji Nusantara, 2012, 256p., num. col. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Miksic, J.N. (ed.). The Collections of the National Museum of Indonesia: Glorious Metals./ Masks & Wayang./ Jewelry. Jakarta, National Museum of Indonesia/ Ministry of Education and Culture, 2013, 3 vols., 160; 162; 160p., num. col. photogr. ills., unif. orig. boards w. dustwr., in orig. gilt cl. slipcase.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2043

Kerckhoff, E. van. Java. Beelden van volksleven en bedryf.

Amst., Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel, (1912), (4),IV,111p., col. lithogr. title-p. and 46 col. lithogr. plates, monochr. ills. and head- and tailpieces, orig. dec. cl., obl. 4to. Rutten-Pekelharing, C.J. Verhalen over Indië voor Nederlandsche jongens en meisjes. Ibid., J.H. de Bussy, 1925, 2nd ed., 143p., (full-p.) photogr. ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, obl. 4to. AND 1 other: L. ELAND, Met Piet Bosman door Nederlandsch Oost-Indië (n.pl., n.d. (±1945), col. plates, monochr. ills. and orig. pict. boards by L. and M. ELAND, obl. 8vo).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2045

Lelyveld, Th.B. De Javaansche danskunst. Introd. N.J. Krom.

Amst., Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1931, 258p., 74 ills. on plates, orig. gilt dec. hcl., 4to. Krom, N.J. Inleiding tot de Hindoe-Javaansche kunst. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1923, 2nd rev. ed., 3 vols.: 2 text vols.: XV,(1),490; VIII,491p.; 1 plate vol.: 112 (fold.) plates/ maps, orig. unif. gilt buckram w. (sl. worn/ dam.) dustwr., 4to. AND 1 other: J. KATS, De wajang poerwa. Een vorm van Javaans toneel (Dordr./ Cinnaminson, 1984, col. plates, ills., orig. gilt cl., 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2046

[Linguistics]. Kiliaan, H.N. Madoereesche spraakkunst. Inleiding en klankleer./ Woordleer en syntaxis.

Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1897, 2 vols., (6),173; (2).192p., orig. unif. wr. Tuuk, H.N. van der. A Grammar of Toba Batak. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1971, LI,(1),405p., orig. gilt cl., large 8vo. - AND 2 others, i.a. K. GROENEBOER (ed.), Een vorst onder de taalgeleerden, Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk (Leyden, 2002, ills., orig. boards, large 8vo) and H.J.E. TENDELOO, Maleische grammatica, eerste deel (Leyden, 1901, later cl. w. mounted orig. backstrip. Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. annotation in pencil).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2047

[Manuscripts]. Batak manuscript,

prob. late 19th/ early 20th cent., leporello, (19) lvs., manuscript Batak script and a few drawings on palm leaf, between wooden covers w. carved lizard on upper cover, 9x6x4 cm. - AND 1 similar Batak manuscript leporello between wooden covers.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2048

Markham, M. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Bd./ Vol. 39: Höflichkeit und Hierarchie bei den in Jakarta lebenden Javanern.

Frankfurt a.M., Peter Lang, 2003, 1994, (2),210p., ills., orig. wr. Siahaan, P. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Bd./ Vol. 315: Metaphorische Konzepte im Deutschen und im Indonesischen Herz, Leber, Kopf, Auge und Hand. Ibid., idem, 2008, 199,(1)p., orig. wr. - AND 11 others, i.a. M. HANUSZ, Kretek, The Culture of Heritage of Indonesia's Clove Cigarettes (Jakarta, 2000, num. (full-p.) col. photogr. ills., orig. cl., folio) and S. PROTSCHKY, Photography, Modernity and the Governed in Late-colonial Indonesia (Amst., 2015, (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. boards).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2049

Marre, J. de.

Batavia, begrepen in zes boeken. Amst., A. Wor/ Erve G. onder de Linden, 1740, (36),320,(6)p., engr. frontisp. and title-vignette by J. PUNT, fold. engr. plan of Batavia by J. VAN DER LAAN, modern hcalf, sm. 4to.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2053

[Music]. Kunst, J. Music in Java. Its History, its Theory and its Technique. Ed. E.L. Heins.

The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1973, 3rd enl. ed., 2 vols., XVIII,411,(1); (6),413-660p., frontisp. portrait, fold. map and 2 fold. tables loose as issued, ills., music examples, contemp. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Zanten, W. van. Sundanese Music in the Cianjuran Style, Anthropological and Musicological Aspects of Tembang Sunda. Dordrecht/ Leyden, Foris/ KITLV, 1989, XII,246p., plates, orig. wr. - AND 7 others, i.a. S.B. TAN, Bangsawan, A Social and Stylistic History of Popular Malay Opera (Penang, 1997, num. photogr. plates, ills., orig. wr.) and E. REBLING, Die Tanzkunst Indonesiens (Berlin, 1989, num. (col.) photogr. plates, ills., orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2054

Nas, P.J.M. (ed.). The Past in the Present. Architecture in Indonesia.

Rott., NAi, 2006, 286p., (col.) ills., orig. boards, 4to. Ravesteijn, W. and Kop, J. Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgelijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië en Indonesië 1800-2000. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2004, 343p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Mooijen, P.A.J. Kunst op Bali. Inleidende studie tot de bouwkunst. The Hague, Adi Poestaka, 1926, VIII,187,(4),IX-XIX,(2) textp., 1 map, num. (col.) plates, ills., orig. cl., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. W. BAKKER, Visual Arts in Bali. A century of change 1900-2000 (n.pl., 2018, (col.) ills., orig. boards, 4to).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2055

[New Guinea]. Haga, A.

Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea en de Papoesche eilanden. Historische bijdrage. ±1500-1883. Batavia/ The Hague, W. Bruining/ M. Nijhoff, 1884, 2 vols., XLIX,(1),471; XL,496p., fold. col. lithogr. map, contemp. unif. hcl. (Vol. 2) BOUND WITH: Idem. Het rapport van H. Zwaardecroon en C. Chasteleijn betreffende de reis naar Nieuw Guinea in 1705 ondernomen door Jacob Weyland. N.pl., n.publ., n.d., 24p.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2056

[New Guinea]. Le Roux, C.C.F.M. De bergpapoea's van Nieuw-Guinea en hun woongebied. III [Atlas].

Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1950, atlas vol. only, (10)textp., 118 (col.) plates, 4 fold. col. maps (1x loosely inserted in rear pocket), orig. gilt cl., obl. folio. Verslag van de militaire exploratie van Nederlandsch-Nieuw-Guinee 1907-1915. Weltevreden, Landsdrukkerij, 1920, IV,440p., 8 (of 9) fold. col. lithogr. maps, 176 ills. on (fold.) plates, orig. gilt cl., 4to. AND 1 other: A.H. COLIJN, Naar de eeuwige sneeuw van tropisch Nederland (Amst., n.d., fold. map, plates, orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2059

[New Guinea]. De Zuidwest Nieuw-Guinea-Expeditie 1904/5 van het Kon. Ned. Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. Introd. G.P. Rouffaer.

Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1908, XXVI,676,(1)p., 8 fold. (tinted) lithogr. maps (1x loosely inserted), 11 (tinted heliotype) plates, 148 textills., 3 fold. tables, rebound in modern cl. w. use of orig. giltlettered frontcover, sm. 4to. WITH: Rochemont, E.J. de. De Zuid-West Nieuw-Guinea-Expeditie 1904/05 (...) Een verweer. Breda, P.C.G. Peereboom, 1909, 14p., without binding (w. 2 filing holes). - AND 1 other: G.J. HELD, Thre Papuas of Waropen (The Hague, 1957, fold. maps, plates, ills., orig. cl.).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2060

Nieuwenkamp, W.O.J. Zwerftochten op Bali.

Amst., Elsevier, 1910, 1st ed., 241,(1),VIp., plates, ills. and bookdec. by the author, printed in brown and orange, orig. boards w. dustwr., folio. Idem. Zwerftocht door Timor en onderhoorigheden. Ibid., idem, 1925, 175,(1)p., num. ills. and bookdec. by the author, printed in red and black, orig. gilt dec. cl., folio. AND 4 others on/ by the same, i.a. Heilige steden Engelsch Indië (The Hague, 1924, 1 orig. col. woodcut, plates, ills., folio) and B.W. CARPENTER, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First European Artist in Bali (Abcoude, 1997, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., sq. 4to).

Estimate €100 – €150