Arthur Rackham - [Friedrich] de la Motte Fouqué. Undine. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London, William Heinemann, and New York, Doubleday, Page & Co. 1909. With 15 mounted colour plates based on watercolours and numerous text vignettes based on drawings. Original parchment volume. Back decoration, lid vignette and head cut gold-plated. Copy 955 of 1000. - In the edition note »[...] Signed Copies for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonnies« signed by the artist. - On handmade paper. - The fairytale story »Undine«, first published in 1811, is one of Fouqué's best-known texts; in 1816 he wrote a libretto version, which his friend E. T. A. Hoffmann set to music.15 plates. - Closing tape missing, minimally stained. - Title with ownership notice.
Arthur Rackham - [Friedrich] de la Motte Fouqué. Undine. 1909
Published by:
William Heinemann, and New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
Date Published:
1909
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