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Title: De Blauwbilgorgel. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam, C.P.J. van der Peet, s.d. [circa], 1965. One sheet, folio-sized, poem in 4 stanzas printed on recte, illuminated with a large coloured original wood-block print by W. Stek, in left margin, almost fron top to bottom, provenance printed on verso. SCAN AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. This illustrated broadside poem, taken from author's collection Gorgelrijmen, has been published by command of C.P.J. Van Der Peet, publisher's at Amsterdam. Typography under direction of Helmut Salden, printed on antique 'Ossekop', Van Gelder, papermanufacturers Amsterdam, with watermark, and presented to publisher's clients. The 4-stanza poem, in bold type, has as subject an imaginary animal, called De Blauwbilgorgel, and is a so-called 'nonsense' poem. Very difficult to locate and in excellent condition.

Keywords: literature poetry illustrated broadside ;poem woodblock print poetry blauwbilgorgel helmut salden rijmprent budding literature

Price: EUR 145.00 = appr. US$ 157.59 Seller: Antiquarian Booksellers Gemilang
- Book number: 44772