Poe, Edgar and Baudelaire, Charles and Velghe, Anne — Hop-Frog: Extrait de Nouvelles Histoires

Bruxelles, Le Creuset, 1986. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Text by Edgar Allan Poe translated into French by Charles Baudelaire with original lithographs by Anne Velghe. Jésus quarto solander box (407 x 302mm) velour-covered and stamped in gilt on the spine and upper panel. The unbound 4pp sections are loosely held in a vellum wrapper. The illustrations by Anne Velghe are printed directly from the lithographic stone. The edition was limited to 360 numbered copies of which nos. 151-350 are "bound" in red velour solander boxes. This is number 215 which, in addition to being signed by the artist has been personalised with the written message: "à Monsieur Olich de Foer et son èpouse, en souvenir de leur amitie pour mon père, Anne Velghe." Wire-stabbed 12pp descriptive leaflet in light card folder laid-in together with a 4pp folded leaflet describing Les Editions Le Creuset. Near Fine .