Nielsen, Kay--Quiller-Couch, Arthur

4to (310 x 252mm.), NUMBER 220 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 26 coloured plates and other illustrations by Kay Nielsen, ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING BY THE ARTIST on recto of limitation leaf, initialled in pencil by Nielsen, original pictorial green vellum gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, quarter green morocco folding box, green silk ties, very minor browning, slight offsetting to endpapers

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AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY WITH A FINE PEN AND INK DRAWING, apparently of Princess Diaphanie and her suitor, by Nielsen on the recto of the limitation leaf. It seems the limitation leaf was removed and then reinserted at some stage, perhaps to allow the artist to execute this drawing.