An extremely rare set of 24 hand finished chromolithographs depicting landscapes and scenes on Java Island, Indonesia. The full set is considered to be superior in terms of lithographic quality, artistic merit and scientific accuracy. Only a few sets are known to be complete, mostly in libraries and institutional collections such as the National gallery in Singapore, the Dutch national museum and the Library of Australia.
The lithographs are made after paintings and drawings by Abraham Salm, a self-taught artist, came to Indonesia in 1843, settled in Surabaya as a merchant and later owned a tobacco plantation, in Malang. The plantation was so successful that he left the running of it has two oldest sons and spent most of his time painting.
