Les gloires litteraires, Maxence van der Meersch, L'Empreinte du dieu. Illustrations de Philippe Swyncop. Aux editions du nord boulevard ad. max, 163 Bruxelles, 1951. Bound in green goat leather with spherical inlay to center of book, which is hand painted and depicting the skyline of Antwerp during sunset, as Antwerp plays a significant role in this book as Domitien resides there. Gilt embossed title panel to lower side of spine. With slipcase. Book is part of a limited, numbered deluxe edition of which the total print run was 1.301 copies, this book being number 598, printed on high-quality velin superieur astra paper. Original illustration by Philippe Swyncop, which were hand-colored using the pochoir (stencil) technique. Gilted top edge with blue hue. Bibliophile and collectible copy. Internals fine. 4+6+2+6+220+8+6+4pp.