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BACKER, C(ornelis) A(ndries). The problem of Krakatao as seen by a botanist. Weltevreden, Visser & Co & The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, (1929). 8vo. Original cloth (sl. soiled), spine lettered in gilt. With 3 illustrations. (6),299 pp. Privately printed. - The author was government botanist for the flora of Java. [Boeknr.: 33073 ]

€ 125,00

DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN, W(illem) M(arius). Krakatau 1883-1933. A. Botany. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1936. 8vo. original printed wrappers. With frontispiece, folding map and 60 photographic illustrations on 36 plates. XII,506 pp. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg. - With in manuscript the author's name on half-title. [Boeknr.: 33072 ]

€ 150,00

WINCHESTER, Simon. Krakatoa. The day the world explored 27 August 1883. (New York, Harper Collins, 2003). Boards. With illustrations. 416 pp. On 27 August 1883 the most terrifying volcanic eruption occured on the island of Krakatoa, five miles off the western tip of Java. The island was destroyed and almost 40.000 people were killed. [Boeknr.: 29295 ]