Lesmian Bolesław- Klechdy sesamowe [first edition, 1913].

Warsaw- Kraków 1913/ J.Mortkowicz Publishing House/ first edition/19x22cm/s.222/ colorful, full-page illustrations on separate pages/ bookbinding, half leather, marbled veneer on covers, gilded title on spine/ good condition, slight soiling, discoloration of separate pages, pieces after conservation- gluing defects and tears. Very rare.

First edition of Klechdy sesamowe edited by Bolesław Leśmian. Contents include the tale of the enchanted steed, Ali-Baba and the Forty Highwaymen, the tale of Aladdin and the miracle lamp.

Thebook features seven signature illustrations by Edmund Dulac, a highly regarded British-French artist who illustrated Charlotte Brontë's Jayne Eyre, The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, among others. Dulac was one of the designers of the Wilding series stamps, which were the first stamps of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

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