P. Oosterlee - Legenden

P. Oosterlee - Legenden - Nijmegen - Firma H. Ten Hoet - 1899 - 1e druk - [6], [112] pp - Hardcover - 12 x 18 cm.

Condition: Good - with beautiful ex-libris from K. ter Laan. Spine with damage at the bottom.

Collection of folkloric stories, compiled by the Dutch pedagogue Pieter Oosterlee (1863-1930). With table of contents and notes. Hardback edition.

Includes Dismas; Ahasverus; Johannes en Theagenes; Sint Christophorus; De Zeven Slapers van Efeze; Sint Helena, Sint Martinus van Tours; De Dom te Aken; Parcival; Lohengrin; Adalbert de Heilige, De Muizentoren van Bingen; Tannhäuser; De Dom te Keulen and Leonardo da Vinci's Laatste Avondmaal.

¶ This copy comes from the library of writer and folktales expert Kornelis ter Laan (1871-1963) with his ex-libris plate - designed by Nico Bulder in 1932 - on the flyleaf; an Egyptian sphinx resting on an open book. Cf. Van Koolwijk / Schriks 197. K. ter Laan is the compiler of the standard work Mythen sagen en legenden (1963).