Jac. van Looy - Reizen
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Jac. van Looy - Reizen - Amsterdam - S.L. van Looy - 1913 - 1st edition - [12], [242] pp - Half leather binding - 16,5 x 21,5 cm.
Condition: Good - plus extra book. See more info below.
Fictional travelogue by the painter/writer Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930) describing a trip through Morocco (from Tangier to Fez). Illustrated with reproductions ("naar krabbelingen uit mijn teekenboek"). With preface and advertisement for other books of the publisher.
Bound in red leather private binding with five raised bands, gilt title and year on the spine. Added in the same uniform binding is a second edition of Feesten (1914). Beautiful set of bindings!
¶ Around 1900, Van Looy from Haarlem - publishing heavily - was one of the most widely read writers in the Netherlands and in those years was highly valued within the circles of the 'Tachtigers', such as by Albert Verwey, who published Van Looy's debut in the literary magazine De Nieuwe Gids (without informing the debutant!). After his death, however, oblivion quickly set in.