VAN STEENIS, C.G.G.J. (text), Amir HAMZAH and Moehamad TOHA (illustrations). The Mountain Flora of Java. Leiden: E.J. Brill 1972.
4to. Original cloth, gilt crest to front, gilt lettering to spine; pp. 90, 57 colour plates each with page of text; binding a little sunned, foxing to endpapers, otherwise very good.
First edition. A project that was ready for publication in 1939 and interrupted by the war, this beautiful book, illustrated by two local artists, was finally published after 33 years.
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