UNDINE
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Allen Lewis. Hardcover. Large quarto (9- 1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in rust cloth with a stamped design. Translated from the German by Edmund Gosse. Copy #4 of 1500 designed and decorated with cuts on wood and metal by Allen Lewis and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. The illustrations include seven full-page images plus decorative surrounding borders on each page, all printed in green, black and sepia. Undine, one of the fullest expressions of the Romantic ideal, influenced Goethe and Heine, among others. Low limitation numbers are quite uncommon for Limited Edition Club volumes, especially from the early years. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Item #013495
Price: $150.00