(Juvenilia) - Grimm, Jacob et Wilhelm [dits "Les Frères Grimm"].- Snowdrop and other tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London, Constable, (1920). In-4°; 20 plates (slightly browned). Publisher's binding : blue cloth, upper board with gilt title...
Estimation :
100 / 120
Adjudication :
220 €
Description
and vignette from Snowdrop, flat spine entirely gilt decorated, blue top edge (light traces of use). Illustrated with 20 color plates (frontispiece protected by a tissue guard included), 29 black engravings (full-pages, head-pieces and in texto) and with a black historiated border encircling the title-page. This edition contains 30 tales and was originally published in 1909 under the title "Grimm's fairy tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham". ▲ Provenance : W.H. Smith & Son. English bookshop at Brussels (label). ^ Orné de 20 planches en couleurs dont le frontispice, 29 illustrations en noir (pleines pages, bandeaux, in texto) et un encadrement sur le titre. Pleine toile bleue d'édition.
