Books and Manuscripts

Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1911. First and limited French edition, #15/100 numbered copies. Elephant folio (21 x 19 in.). (viii). Illustrated with 10 (of 12) color plates, all mounted and all with captioned tissue guards. Two of the 12 are matted and framed (1, 12), two are wanting (2, 4). Publisher's three-quarter vellum over green cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, lightly soiled; some light scattered foxing, not affecting plates; both sets of silk ties wanting; in very scarce publisher's paper-covered box with printed label, worn and with loss to some flaps; Frames (23 1/4 x 19 3/4; 22 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.) (591 x 502; 562 x 489 mm). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 39-40; Riall, p. 113

Published one year prior to the English edition and comprised of 10 (of 12) of Arthur Rackham's personal favorite illustrations, at their original sizes, and in the very scarce publisher's box.