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MUCHA, ALPHONSE / ART NOUVEAU. Ilsée Prinzessin von Tripolis. 132 color lithographed illustrations and borders surrounding the text, cover, six letters, fleurons, and culs-de-lampe, by Mucha. German text. Small folio, original illustrated wrappers, spine defective; inked ownership signatures on front matter including title. Sold as is. first limited german language edition. number 619 of 800 copies. Prague: B. Koci, 1901
One of Mucha's most beautiful, full-concept illustrated books rich with his distinctive Art Nouveau motifs. The symbols he used illustrate the devotion, tenderness, and suffering of lovers not destined to meet in this world, personified by the beautiful Princesse Lointaine. Carteret IV, 162 (for the first French edition of 1897).
