48 x 37 cm. Title page and imprint. With 58 signed original lithographs. The prints are housed in an original case covered with Japanese silk with a spine title. One of 55 copies of this rare portfolio edition. Not only were the 56 original lithographs hand-printed and signed on Japanese paper, but two additional works not used in the book are also included. The lithographs testify to the creative imagination and technical mastery of the artist, who can be counted among the most important representatives of German book illustration. One of the four major works by the artist that Rümann singles out by name. A flawless and completely spotless copy. Rümann 25. Garvey 289. Eyssen 146. Schauer, Vol. II, 85 with illustration. Papiergesänge 34. Söhn 481-542.