KLEEN, TYRA (Illustrator) / BERGMAN, JONAS: - Sagan om Odysseus. Hans äventyr och irrfärder på hav och land och i dödsriket. En snart tretusenårig saga ånyo berättad för ungdomen. Stockholm, Ivar Haeggströms Boktryckeri, 1906.

. Tall 4to. (33.8 x 24.4 cm). Pp. (viii), 104. (Small loss to lower corner pp. 15/16). Text in Swedish. With lovely illustrations by Tyra Kleen, of which many full page. Original decorated wrappers, printed in colours, spine nicely restored, small nick to outer front edge of front cover. Exlibris (Ivar Fält). Small number on front endpaper. A clean and crisp copy. First edition.This is a Swedish version of Odysseus' adventures and long journey written for young people. Tyra Kleen illustrated this work during her time in Rome. Based on the ancient Odysseus paintings on vases and Pompeian frescoes, she tried to create modern images without disturbing the impression of classical stylisation and naive pleasure that the ancient models give (according to preface). Rare.

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