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Holger Drachmann: Troldtøj (Trolls). Ernst Bojesen Art Publishers. Copenhagen 1889-1890.
Collection of Danish Bookbindings, 2º

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Binding Foreedge Title page P. 32: The “bog woman”
brewing a ground mist


Bound c. 1900 by Anker Kyster (1864-1939), Denmark. Designed and illustrated by Th. Bindesbøll, Joachim Skovgaard, and August Jerndorff.
A full binding made of brown morocco with onlaid irregular shapes in lake, grey, and black contoured in blind. The decoration crosses the spine. The spine has the title and year in gold. The gilt edges are gauffered.

34.6 x 28.2 cm.


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