77 1194 Couperus L
77/1194 Couperus, L. Dionysos. Amst., L.J. Veen, n.d. (1904), 1st ed., XVI,346,(2)p., orig. dec. cl. by J. ROTGANS.

- Cl. sl. rubbed.

= Scarce. Van Vliet, p.232, 1. Although printed in 3000 copies, only 600 copies were bound in cloth. The vine leaf border on the frontcover was later used for the blindstamped border of the 3rd edition of Psyche with illustrations from the English translation (cf. Van Vliet, p.189, no.11).

Idem. Psyche. Ibid., idem, (1904), 3rd ed., 176p., plates by D. CLAYTON CALTHROP, orig. blindstamped cl. by J. ROTGANS w. mounted plate by D. CLAYTON CALTHROP.

- First few lvs. sl. foxed; with a bookshop stamp from Djakarta. Spine-ends worn/ dam.; covers soiled.

= Van Vliet, p.185 and 191, no.17. Only 250 copies were bound in this binding in 1909. The contents were planos left from the 3rd edition, but with the illustrations from the English translation of Psyche. The border on the frontcover was designed by Jan Rotgans for the cloth binding of Dionyzos (1904) (not mentioned by Van Vliet).

AND 7 others by the same, all but one first ed.: Het late leven (1902, Van Vliet 3); Over lichtende drempels (1902. Van Vliet 1);God en Goden (1903, Van Vliet 2); Van en over mijzelf en anderen (1910, Van Vliet p.248, 1); Van oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan (1906, Van Vliet, p.245, 2); Het snoer der ontferming (1924. Binding partly stained. Van Vliet, p.324, no.1) and Fidessa (1918, 3rd (=4th) ed. Van Vliet 9, but with a dustwr. (mentioning 4th ed.) showing the drawing made by Toorop which was used in the 2nd ed.).

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