680 - RUTTIENS, Raoul Broer Frutsel or *Dequelle mirificque fasçon*, a Franciscan friar of that name, heals the sorrowful and bulimic lord of Kraaloo. A Brussels Legend. Illustrations by Roméo Dumoulin. (Brussels: printed by J-E. Goossens, 1918) In-4° (rare pinholes, especially in the margins). Midnight blue half-maroquin binding with corners signed “Trinckvel,” decorated paper covers set with a blind-stamped fillet, ribbed spine with a coffered design, gilded and blind-stamped fleurons, and brown maroquin borders; title gilded on small tabs; cover boards intact. A fine copy. First edition of the story, written in archaic French in the style of Rabelais, based on the Brussels legend recounting the origin and mysterious composition of the famous local dish, the “Choesels.” Illustrated with 19 woodcuts in the text, in black and color, by Roméo Dumoulin. Limited edition of 350 copies printed on Van Gelder Holland paper. A unique copy dedicated to the Brussels publisher Ivan Lamberty, featuring a special colophon accompanied by an unsigned dedication from the author and the illustrator; enriched with: 2 sets on Rives laid paper, 1 specimen (4 illustrated pages), and 1 original drawing in charcoal and colored pencils depicting an elderly Brussels woman, signed by Roméo Dumoulin and dated 1918. Ref. J. Witteveen, B. Cuperus, *Bibliotheca gastronomica: eten en drinken in Nederland en België 1474–1960*, Amsterdam, 1998, no. 5440. Formerly in the collection of Ivan Lamberty (inscribed copy).