Author: FOUQUE, F. De La Motte
Title: Undine
Description: [New York], Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Large quarto (9- 1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in rust cloth with a stamped design. Translated from the German by Edmund Gosse. Copy #4 of 1500 designed and decorated with cuts on wood and metal by Allen Lewis and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. The illustrations include seven full-page images plus decorative surrounding borders on each page, all printed in green, black and sepia. Undine, one of the fullest expressions of the Romantic ideal, influenced Goethe and Heine, among others. Low limitation numbers are quite uncommon for Limited Edition Club volumes, especially from the early years. Ill.: Allen Lewis. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

Keywords: Signed, Woodcuts, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Fine Press, Allen Lewis, 19th Century German Literature, Romantic Literature Allen Lewis Signed Limited Editions Club 19th Century German Literature Romantic Literature


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