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BATIK MANUFACTURING -- ROUFFAER, G.P. & H.H. JUYNBOLL. Die Batik-Kunst in Niederländisch-Indien und ihre Geschichte/De batik-kunst in Nederlandsch-Indië en haar geschiedenis. Haarlem, H. Kleinmann & Co., 1899-1914. 2 vols. (6), x ('bijlagen 1-2' continuation in 2nd vol.); (4), lxv, 15, 534, -xi-xxix ('bijlage 3') pp. W. 100 (27 double-p. and 73 full-p.) plates, of which 27 in colours. Fol. Cold. batik binds. and dec. endpapers. (Some minor foxing in places, but a very fine and complete set). (Publicaties van Rijks Ethnographisch Museum, Series II, 1).
"A major early & exhaustive study on batik in Indonesia." (Siegelaub, Textilia historiæ, p. 283). Standard work and - complete - of utmost rarity, comprising many photographs of batik manufacturing women, batik tools and stamps, traditional batik dress and a variety of stunning designs and patterns, partly printed in colour. Texts in German and Dutch. Including a bibliography of publications with reference to batik and an index on personal, geographical and botanical names.€ 3000
result € 2400
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