Cornelis Marinus Pleyte - Indonesian Art: Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Dutch Indian - 1901

Cornelis Marinus Pleyte authored the influential historical work "Indonesian Art: Selected Specimens of Ancient and Modern Art and Handwork from the Dutch Indian Archipelago," published in 1901 by Martinus Nijhoff in The Hague. It is a large-format loose-leaf portfolio book (large folio) of 60 pages, accompanied by fine collotype plates (25 plates) that present a wide survey of art and handicrafts in the Dutch East Indies. The work shows both ancient Javanese sculptures and ethnographic objects and crafts from various parts of the archipelago, including Bali, Java, Sumba, Damar, and Borneo. The plates and descriptions include, among other things, wooden figurines, gold and bronze Buddhist images, traditional weapons, textiles (shawls), cotton paintings, and wayang puppets. It was published around the turn of the century, the era of colonial exhibitions in Europe in which the material culture of the colony was catalogued. Cover in fair condition; the plates themselves are in good condition.