Author: LELYVELD, TH.B. VAN
Title: De Javaansche danskunst. Introd. by N.J. Krom. First edn. (only).
Description: Amsterdam, 1931. Small 4°.orig.batik-clothbacked boards, title and large vignette tooled in gilt on front boards. Hftitle(verso blank). 258pp. frontisp. (after a painting by author, depict. 'Dewi Mahéra'), 73 fine full-p. plates with captions in dutch, footnotes, large initials and decorative endpapers. Very important study on the Javanese dance, with emphasis on the Wayang Wong or, Wayang Orang. A very handsome copy. Scarce.

Keywords: wayang/dance