March 2021 Catalogue

20 I m a g i n e d W o r l d s E a r l y M a r c h 2 0 2 1 Stories From Hans Andersen , Illustrated And Signed By Edmund Dulac 18. (DULAC, Edmund) ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Stories from Hans Andersen. London, 1911. Folio, original full vellum gilt. $5200. Click for more info Signed limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by Dulac, with 28 wonderful mounted color plates, bound in original vellum-gilt. A beautiful copy. “Dulac was one of the central illustrators of the Edwardian period, a time when fantasy illustration reached a peak of sophistication” (Clute & Grant, 300). “Dulac remained true to the medium of watercolor, and the critics were unanimous in their praise. He was recognized as an illustrator of first rank, a master of the fantastic and exotic, and ‘a dreamer of extraordinary dreams’”(Dalby, 82-83). Original LeicesterGalleries exhibitionannouncement, advertising an exhibition of Dulac’s original watercolor paintings for the book’s illustrations, laid in. Original slipcase repaired. Book quite clean and fine. An exceptional copy. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” —Hans Christian Andersen