"Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book" illustrated by Edmund Dulac Hodder & Stoughton, London - 1916 first UK edition - 25cmx20cm, 170p - 15 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac - condition: very good, in original decorated boards, minor rubbing to edges, some wear along boards, minor page foxing, all Dulac plates present. The tales of this book, both written and illustrated by Dulac, were drawn from the folklore of Russia, England, Flanders, Belgium, Italy, France, Ireland, Serbia and Japan. Dulac was able to employ the full scope of his versatility in creating a national mood in each illustration. During this period of his work, Dulac had immersed himself in the artistic traditions of folklore. He was partly stimulated by his friendship with Yeats (whose interest in Celtic folklore was legendary) and partly awakened to ethnic themes by his 1913 cruise through the eastern Mediterranean. Also at this time he was influenced by his encounters with the Russian-born designer Léon Bakst and Bakst's stage work for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes" (Hughey).