Catalogue information
Book with fairy tales (by Andersen, among others), poems and songs, the proceeds of which went to the French Red Cross (during the First World War). With 20 glued plates: 1. "Asenath" (frontispiece) 2. “The Wonderful Bird…” (p.1) 3. "What do you think of Young Rousselle?" (p.8) 4. “In a high chamber of the Palace…” (p. 16) 5. “If the desert were my home…” (p. 18) 6. "She would sit for hours, with the bird perched on the back of her hand ..." (p. 22) 7. “Even the poor fisherman would pause in his work to listen” (p. 32) 8. “O Star of Wonder, Star of Night” (p. 41) 9. "Knowest thou that my name is also Sindbad?" (p.50) 10. "I never at all so sewing so small!" (p.55) 11. “Not a wink the whole night long” (p. 58) 12. "" Tis Lisette whom I adore ... "(p. 62) 13. "" There said her godmother, pointing with her wand ... "(p. 72) 14. “O Ursula, for thee my heart is burning…” (p.80) 15. "But Nicolette one night escaped" (p, 82) 16. “Seven an one are eight, madam!” (p.86) 17. “Cerberus the black dog of Hades” (p.99) 18. “Nay, nay; I will not marry him ”(p.102) 19. "Behold the reward of those who meddle in other people's affairs" (p. 20) 20. Portrait of Edmund Dulac (p. 128) N.B. The dust jacket is usually missing
This text has been translated automatically from Dutch
Click here for the original text