Author: SITWELL, S.,
Title: The Netherlands. A Study of some aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life. First edn.
Description: London-New York-Toronto-Sydney, Batsford, s.d. [circa], 1946. sm.8°. orig. cloth. (viii), 168pp. col. frontisp., ills. on 39 plates of which coloured, num. ills. after drawings in text of which full-p., pict. endpapers, fold. sketch-map of the Netherlands at very end, index. With author's printed dedication on verso of title-page in memory of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, (4 lines). AND: loosely inserted a single heavy-paper leave (verso blank) with a skilful and beautifully executed calligraphed, in red and black, dedication To Miss H.M. Lumsden. From the Boys and Girls of Group 109 B, who will always remember with happiness their holiday in Holland, 1946, inscribed by all 23 participating boys and girls in Ms. in ink at tail of calligraphed message. Illustrations depict. a.o. examples of dutch regional dress, of which coloured and drawings, characteristic interiors of old houses and monuments, dutch silver-crafts, famous paintings, historical sites and buildings, &c..A curious work in very good condition. (fore-edge with some foxing).

Keywords: holland netherlands costume regional dress arts crafts history