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Trente-et-un dessins par Auguste Donnay illustrant les contes pour les enfants d'hier
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A very nice copy of this collection of designs by Donnay for Mockel. First edition. No text. Cream soft covers with are effectively a portfolio, with glassine protection (the latter a little darkened). Front cover is also the title. 16 pages, loose in the portfolio. Pages fractionally darkened, but overall in excellent condition. This work, of unknown limitation, accompanied the book of children's tales by Mockel. (The designs also appeared in the book). The limitation is unknown, but there was also a limited edition of 20 copies on Japon (which was sewn into the cover). This copy has never been sewn and was clearly intended to be loose in folds). 225 by 150mm (8Ÿ by 6 inches). Only one library holding (The Belgium state library). Conforms to WorldCat / FirstSearch OCLC: 1400545846. Albert Mockel was a significant Belgian poet, who came to represent the Symbolist movement. It was he who established the name "Wallonie" through his writing and he was an early Walloon activist. Auguste Donnay was a Belgian painter, illustrator, lithographer and poster artist. He was a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liege. Hiis early work was firmly Art Nouveau. Here he hovers between Nouveau and Deco. He suffered from chronic depression throughout his life, and committed suicide in 1921. .
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