Tabel van Oud en Nieuw Indische Alphabetten: Bijdrage tot de palaeographie van Nederlandsch-Indie. Uitgegeven door het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.
Batavia, The Hague, W. Bruining & Co., M. Nijhoff, 1882.
4to. 2 parts in 1 vol. (2), 20, 50 pp. With 1 folding page with examples of handwriting in Kawi. Half cloth over marbled boards. With gilt title to spine.
€ 350,00
Intriguing palaeographic study on indigenous scripts common in the Dutch East Indies. Comprises a 20-page introduction (1882) as well as 50 pp. of double-page alphabetic tables, preceded by a separate title-page (1877).
With bookplate of Dr. G. F. Pijper to front pastedown, his handwritten ownership to flyleaf, dated 1918. Stamp of ownership of the "Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereenigung in Ned[erlandsch] Ind[ie]" to flyleaf and title-page. Paper slightly toned.