- Two textleaves and 2 plates loose; lacks the first map; occas. sl. foxed. Bindings plasticized; backstrips worn.
= "Publicaties van Rijks Ethnographisch Museum, Series II, 1." Rouffaer/ Muller Suppl. I, p.228; Hiler p.761; Lipperheide Yb 68; Siegelaub p.283: "A major early and exhaustive study on batik in Indonesia." Scholarly and definitive work on the Netherlands-Indies' batik art. Contains a wealth of creative and partly colourful designs and patterns, a bibliography and numerous photographic plates illustrating the creative process, different materials and techniques, people in traditional batik dress etc. The plates mainly printed by Kleinmann & Co., Haarlem. Very rare standard work on the subject. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.