Old Tales from the North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
First edition. Large 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. Pictorial endpapers with striking black and white design. Twenty-five stunning colour plates mounted under captioned tissue guards. There are also many line drawings and chapter heading designs. A very good copy indeed, mainly very bright, with slight rubs to corners and some light foxing towards the end of the book. All plates perfect and bright.
This work is Nielsen's most highly acclaimed. Illustrating the fairy tales of his native Scandinavia. His images are vivid and striking.
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