3 - LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ (Friedrich Heinrich Karl de).

LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ (Friedrich Heinrich Karl de). Ondine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1912. In-4, ivory vellum, title and illustration gilt on the front cover and spine, gilt headband, traces of yellow silk ribbons (publisher’s binding), slipcase. First French edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham of this masterpiece of German Romanticism. It includes 15 color plates mounted on brown paper leaves, with captions beneath the plates. Limited edition of 390 copies; one of 350 on custom-sized vellum, no. 115. A fine copy.