[DOUDELET (Charles)] MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Twelve songs by - Lot 221

[DOUDELET (Charles)] MAETERLINCK (Maurice). Twelve songs by Maurice Maeterlinck, illustrated by Charles Doudelet. Paris, Stock, 1896. One volume in-4 oblong paperback in green printed and ornamented cover, black half-chagrin post folder with silver title, green velvet paper lining, slipcase (slipcase by A. DEVAUCHELLE). Luxurious, largely original edition, adorned with 12 symbolist hors-texte compositions and 12 culs-de-lampe reproducing in zincography the black drawings by Belgian artist Charles DOUDELET (1861-1938). One of 600 copies on Ingres. Slight angular restoration to one page of text, otherwise SUPERB EXEMPLAIRE OF ALL FRESHNESS. Grisay, L'édition originale des Douze chansons de Maeterlinck in Le Livre et l'Estampe, 2004, n° 162.