DULAC, Edmund Princess Badoura (DULAC, Edmund) HOUSMAN, Laurence. Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights. [London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Quarto, original pictorial cream cloth gilt, decorative endpapers, uncut. $1100. First edition (preceding the signed limited edition) of this Eastern tale, with 10 beautiful mounted color plates by Dulac in the style of Chinese paintings. "Scheherezade herself must have appeared to Edmund Dulac. In a dream, perhaps, in which she kissed his eyelids. Where else could he have learned to see the things he saw?... Whole generations saw his paintings and agreed, 'Yes, this is what the East must be like'-and dreamt of it themselves" (Rebecca Bruns). With the text of Scheherezade's last tale retold by playwright Laurence Housman (brother of poet A.E. Housman), Dulac's lavish color plates show the influence of his exposure to Persian miniatures and Chinese paintings. "The message is one of great serenity, of uncluttered order. For this book Dulac has altered his style to follow that of Chinese painting... None of his work before or after was quite like it" (Hughey 31, Comment). Published October 1913, preceding the limited edition by a month. Without scarce glassine and box. Hughey 31a. Houfe, 124. Fine condition. Price: USD 1,100.00 other currencies   order no. 65726    inquire

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