204 pp. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in colored plates by Kay Nielsen (including mounted frontispiece), plus numerous b&w illustrations and decorations in text. (4to) 24.5x18.2 cm (9¾x7¼"), brown cloth-backed boards with illustrated cover label, illustrated endpapers. First American Nielsen trade edition. The scarce larger format edition of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen's masterpiece. Folk tales of the north collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, the Norwegian counterparts to Hans Christian Andersen and the Grimm Brothers.
204 pp. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in colored plates by Kay Nielsen (including mounted frontispiece), plus numerous b&w illustrations and decorations in text. (4to) 24.5x18.2 cm (9¾x7¼"), brown cloth-backed boards with illustrated cover label, illustrated endpapers. First American Nielsen trade edition. The scarce larger format edition of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen's masterpiece. Folk tales of the north collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, the Norwegian counterparts to Hans Christian Andersen and the Grimm Brothers.
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