Amsterdam, J. C. van Kesteren, 1838. 8vo (22.0 x 12.4 cm). xxiv, 250, [viii] pp. Later half cloth over marbled boards; spine with gilt title.

Josef Jacob Xaver Pfijffer von Neueck (1796 or 1798-1853) was a Swiss officer who was sent by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) to what is now Indonesia, and wrote and illustrated the famous: Skizzen von der Insel Java(1829). His date of birth is uncertain. one source reports 1802, others give the dates mentioned above. According to Nijhoff, there is French edition too. Half-title and title page chipped at edges; title page with a label and stamp remnant; a few text leaves with a stamp in the lower margin; a marginal damp throughout; otherwise good. The 20th-century binding is neatly done. Rare. No other copies on the internet, no auction records. Marinus Nijhoff, Bibliotheca Neerlando-Indica, 778; Martinus Nijhoff (1893) Catalogue de Livres sur les Possessions Néerlandaises aux Indes Orientales et Occidentales, 851.