Description
446/430 COPIES (from an edition of 530 copies), decorations printed in claret red and gold, including an extravagant ornamental double title-page, title-page and section titles, with head and tail-pieces and other typographic flourishes, all by Henry van de Velde, the typeface designed by Georges Lemmen and cut with the assistance of Harry Kessler, occasional faint spots, the red off-setting slightly, pp. [vi], 161, [2], folio, original vellum with overlapping fore-edges, van de Velde design stamped in gilt to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt within decorative border of same, the gilt in all cases showing very gentle rubbing, minor knock at head of backstrip, t.e.g., others untrimmed, endpapers with typographic gold border and some spotting, dropdown box of morocco and cloth, very good
