Reistochten naar de Geelvinkbaai op Nieuw-Guinea
in de jaren 1869 en 1870. The Hague Martinus Nijhoff 1875
First edition, 4to, pp.xxiv, 153, 20 lithographed plates, 4 of birds coloured by hand, large folding map. Text in Dutch. A very good copy bound in recent quarter calf, marbled boards.
Carl Benjamin Hermann von Rosenberg (1817-88) began his East Indian career as assistant resident in Padang and travelled extensively throughout Indonesia over 30 years. In this work he describes the region around Geelvink bay in Irian Jaya.