De Lorm - Beeldende Kunst Der Bataks. Pref. By B.J.O. Schrieke. [eerste Druk/frst Edition].

Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1941. Private clothbacked marbled boards, orig. coloured illustrated front wrapper laid-down on front side. (vi), 64 pp. of text. Frontisp.-(a tribal-house of the Sitoemorang-Batak), 89 ills. on 48 plates out-of-text with descriptive captions in dutch on facing pp., head-and-tailpieces in Batak Art-style. LOOSELY INSERTED: An original type letter, A-4 sized with original letter-heard, 12 lines, siged in Ms. in ink by Ch.J.I.M. Welter, a former dutch minister of colonies and a long-time serving member of dutch parliamen, directed to G.L. Tichelman, concerning this publication, dated 27 February 1951; And another letterA-5 sized in original typoscript, 8 lines, directed to the same by Ch. Op 't Land, a dutch anthropologist, signed in ink at tail. AND an original photograph of one of the illustrations, with a short annotation in Ms. in ink by G.L. Tichelman. [Verdwijnend Cultuurbezit]. Important essay on Batak (Toba Batak, Karo Batak) traditional ethnographica (:) woodcarvings, magic poles, architecture, house-decoration, local dress, masks, statues, pustaha or poestaha or sorcery-books, sorcery attributes, decoration on bamboo tubes, &c. Privately bound, interleaved copy of co-author G.L. Tichelman, some annotations on one of last blanks, his name in Ms. in ink at upper right corner of f.e.p. Good copy.