Author: BATIK BINDINGS.
Title: Collection of twenty one Dutch batik bindings from the series Meulenhoff's Kleine Boeken van groote schrijvers.
Description: Amsterdam, Meulenhoff & Co, 1918-1920. Sm.8vo. 21 volumes. Original imitation batik bindings (some spines sl. discoloured), top edges gilt.Decorative printed cotton with motifs derived from Indonesian batiks, produced mechanically by the Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij (1836-1936) was also used in book bindings, with a great variety of motifs. Bookbindings of simulated batik were supplied by various publishers. The most famous example is the booklets that appeared in this luxury version around 1920 in the small series Meulenhoff's Kleine Boeken van groote schrijvers.Authors: Marianna Alcoforado, P.C. Boutens, Louis Hémon, Henrik Ibsen (3), B. Kellermann (2), M.C. Kooy-van Zeggelen (6), Arthur van Schendel, Arthur Schnitzler (2), August Strindberg, Oscar Wilde, Augusta de Wit (2).See Kasper van Ommen. Leidse katoentjes vs. Javaanse batik. (De Boekenwereld Jrg. 34, 4).

Keywords: Indonesia Indonesia art bibliography