JUGENDSTIL - DULAC, Edmund (Introduction by). Christmas; Pictures by Children. London; J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1922.
4to. Original cream cloth-backed pictorial boards with onlaid paper lettering-label to upper cover, pictorial cream endpapers; pp. [vi] + 14 fine plates guarded by captioned tissues; an uncommonly nice copy of a scarce book with some mild overall dusting, light marking, faint toning, and light shelf-wear and rubbing to edges and forecorners, internally very bright and clean throughout with all plates and guards fine, with a neat, very small, and contemporary, ink inscription to title-page, dated 28th February 1922.
First edition of a delightful book of Christmas images produced in the Jugendstil style by children between the ages of 6 and 16 attending classes run by Professor Cizek in the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. His unusual and innovative methods involved no teaching at all in terms of formal direction, but rather an encouragement to the children to produce work inspired by their dreams and sensitivities. The book includes a 2-page introduction by the popular children's illustrator Edmund Dulac.
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