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Otocolobicalidocious

@otocolobicalidocious

Not overly social. Just here for the shitposts and pretty pictures. Old millennial. Tired. Soft spot for cats.

DE STILLE KRACHT (aka THE HIDDEN FORCE: A STORY OF MODERN JAVA) by Louis Couperus. (Amsterdam: L.J. Veen, 1922) Binding by Chris Lebeau (1878-1945)

A novel set in the the Dutch island colony of Java.

Using batik allowed Lebeau to create many color variants.

Jonathan Cape edition (English)

Kagayama Hakuhō aka Kagayama Rinjirō aka Hakugai (Japanese, b. 1880, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) - Cat in Summer Garden (detail, Left), Late Taisho-Early Showa Era, c. 1920-1930  Paintings: Sumi Ink, Gofun or Clam Shell Gesso and Mineral Pigments on Silk, Left Side of Folding Screen (Byobu)