ANDERSEN, H.C. - RIE CRAMER (ILLUSTRATIONS),
Sprookjes en Verhalen. Volledige Uitgave naar het Deensch door W. van Eeden. [translated into dutch after the original danish language by W. van Eeden].
Utrecht, W. de Haan, [1931=], 1932. 4 vols. Stout large 8°., original publ. cloth, author's name and large tinted illustration to each front cover, printed spines. Hftitles(versos blank), circular publ. vignette to ti.-p's. 191; 384; 192; 392pp. 43 fine coloured tipped-in plates, within a gilded thin line-border, 43 fine black/white plates, large decorative and illustrated initials, large black/white endpieces, all after drawings and designs by Rie Cramer, table of contents to each volume. Complete collection of fairy tales and other stories by the famous danish national Hans Christiaan Andersen, compiled and edited into dutch language by W. van Eeden, with beautiful coloured and black/white plates by Rie Cramer. Fine copy, complete set in original publ. cloth, designed by Rie Cramer. Very hard-to-find nowadays. Rare. (some very light dampstaining alongside upper joint of volume III, unobtrusive name and signature in ink by previous owner to upper right corners of french titles).

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