Nelly Montijn-De Fouw - Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde. Geïllustreerd door Arthur Rackham. Tweede druk

Nelly Montijn-De Fouw - Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde. Geïllustreerd door Arthur Rackham. Tweede druk - Zutphen - W.J. Thieme & Cie - [1941] - 2nd edition - xviii, [530] pp - Hardcover - 18 x 22 cm.

Condition: Good - Slightly tanned / spots. Neat book. See more info below.

Standard work with Dutch translation of Arthurian knightly stories, based on the work of Sir Thomas Malory (Morte d'Arthur). Illustrated with black and white drawings and colour plates by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). With bibliography, table of contents and index. Hardback second edition, published during the Second World War.

¶ Contains a general introduction with justification, "Arthurs komst, de Sage van Heer Walewein en de Groene Ridder; Balin en Balan, de Leeuwenridder, Tristan & Isolde, Heer Gareth, Erec & Enide, Lancelot & Elaine, Parcival en de Heilige Graal en Arthurs Dood."

This copy with bookstore stamp of Bookstore J. Niejenhuis & P. Mees in Haren and Ex-Libris of G.W. van Lith (an engraving with globe and stargazer) by M. van Rijswijk (artist unknown; Not in Van Koolwijk / Schriks; Not in Scheen).