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Pfyffer zu Neueck, J.J.X. Esquisses de l'Ile de Java et de ses divers habitants, recueillies pendant un sejour de huit annees fait dans cette ile. Traduit de l'Allemand par Girodz du Villard, revu et mis en ordre par G. Guenot Lecointe. Brussels Société Belge du Libraire. 1837
First edition in French, pp.xv, 239. An attractive copy bound in contemporary red quarter morocco, spine a little rubbed.

A French translation of the author's "Skizzen von der Insel Java", a general sketch of Java including the geography, history, customs, and governance of the region, and incorporates the customs and attitudes of Europeans living on the island, but without the superb plates of the original edition. Includes a vocabulary of the Malay language.