Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Comte de. Histoires souveraines.

Ornamental book design in green by Th. van Rysselberghe. 367, (5) pp. 4to. Orig. green wrappers. – Brussels, (A. Berqueman for) Edmond Deman, 1899.

Edition originale. One of 10 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder after 50 copies on Japan paper. Collective edition of Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s (1840–1889) best novels, arranged by himself before his death. In his novels the author is inspired by the phantastic literature of E. A. Poe and E. T. A. Hoffmann. – Spine of book block broken, wrappers with marginal defects. – Best.-Nr. 22745