N.I.P.A.'s Vademecum voor de Vrouw des Huizes

[Indonesia] N.I.P.A.'s Vademecum voor de Vrouw des Huizes - Batavia Centrum - N.V. Nederlandsch Indisch Pers Archief - 1933 - 1st edition - 450, [48] pp - Hardcover - 15 x 21 cm.

Condition: Fragile - with heavy wear and damage. But complete and RARE.

Bound year of this curious women's magazine, published in the early 1930s in the Dutch East Indies. Contains (back then typical) women's sections such as chapters on cooking (recipes for the Dutch kitchen and Indonesian table), fashion, cutting patterns, beauty care, film section, needlework, child care, etc. With index.

Illustrated with black and white photos and nostalgic advertisements (including for the adjustable wooden KERO school desk, the low-priced OPEL cars, Flower trade 'De Gelaarsde Kat' and Westinghouse refrigerators.

¶ Two volumes of this colonial magazine have appeared, of which this is the last. Scarce documentation; Not in Landwehr; Not in Bibliotheca Gastronomica. Picarta lists only 2 copies in public possession (only in the Netherlands).