The De Rienzi Gallery

In 1836 M.G.L. Domeny de Rienzi's Océanie ou Cinquième Partie du Monde was published by Firmin Didot Frères in Paris, France.

The prints of Indonesia which follow are from this classic three-volume work.

The images below are details. To view the complete engravings, click on the thumbnails.

camphor and bamboo, Borneo Anyer Island, near Jakarta, Indonesia Brahmins tombstone, Bali king and two subjects, Bali

camphor and bamboo, Borneo

Anyer Island near Jakarta

Brahmin's tombstone, Bali

king and two subjects, Bali

local housing, Indonesia tomb, Ambon Prambanan Temple, near Yogyakarta, Java Batou Ganton near Ambon

local housing, Indonesia

tomb, Ambon, Moluccas Islands

Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta, Java

Batou Ganton near Ambon

sword dance at Buro near Ambon the road to Tondano, Sulawesi arrival of Europeans, Sulawesi warrior costumes, Sulawesi

sword dance at Buro near Ambon

the road to Tondano, Sulawesi

arrival of Europeans at Tondano, Sulawesi

warrior costumes, Sulawesi

other De Rienzi engravings:   Australia | Indonesia | Papua | South Pacific | Tahiti | Timor | Tonga