Antique Print of Desa Simpoengan on Lake Telaga Tjeboeng by Perelear (1888)

Description: Plate II p.72: (Desa Simpoengan on lake Telaga Tjeboeng on Java, Indonesia. In the background the mountains Goenoeng Pakoedjo and Goenoeng Kending). This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Het Kamerlid van Berkestein in Nederlandsch-Indie.', (translation: van Berkestein, member of the Dutsch Parliament in the Dutch East-Indies.) by M.T.H. Perelaer, published in Leiden, c. 1888.

Artists and Engravers: M.T.H. (Michel Theophile Hubert) Perelaer (Maastricht 1831 - Den Haag 1901), also called majoor (major) Perelaer, was a Dutch writer, who was in Indonesia for years. The lithographs are after drawings by Jhr. J.C. Rappard.