Tijdschrift van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap [Journal of the Geographical Society], vols. 1-5. Man, C. M. & N. W. Posthumus, eds. Polar,South East Asia,Voyages

First editions. 5 vols. 4to. pp. xii, xl, 405, [iii], 36; xii, xv, 394; xi, ii, 52, 374, [1]; xi, 66, 385; xi, [67]-76, 212, 182; numerous folding maps and charts; one or two tears to several maps, a couple with archival tape repairs, inkstamps of the geologist and explorer G. A. F. Molengraaff to flyleaves of vols. 2-5, generally very good in the original cloth, a little staining to fore-edges of boards to vols. 3 & 4. These are the first five volumes of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society, a journal that continues today (under the title Geografie). The articles contained in these volumes record Dutch expeditions, with an emphasis on Dutch spheres of influence in regions of Africa, Indonesia, and elsewhere. They also record expeditions by Dutch members with other national expeditions, and in this regard the first two volumes contain articles by Koolemans Beynen of his time aboard the Pandora during the Nares expedition. Volume 3 contains an extended article by F. de Bas, illustrated by numerous maps, on the history of the exploration of Spitsbergen; volume 4 has a memorial notice for Koolemans Beynen by one of the editors. Throughout are various notes on Polar expeditions, including those by Nares, Nordenskiöld, and others. The volumes do not contain the supplements to the journal, which were issued separately.