The Dreamer of Dreams by the Queen of Roumania, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. First edition, Hodder & Stoughton 1916.
An enchanting volume, luminous from the very cover. The illustrations are as evocative as the story itself.
It is a tale of a court painter who paints for the King. In the portrait he is creating, only the Queen’s eyes are missing. In a dream, he beholds a woman’s face with eyes he can never forget. Frustrated, he is haunted by the knowledge that he cannot paint those eyes unless he sees them in reality.
He sets out on a dreamlike quest to seek her out.
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Illustrated caps from Samlade Sagor by Richard Gustafsson 1882. Illustrated by C. Larsson and Victor Andrén. Drop caps increased usability by highliting themes and guiding readers into the text.

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Where art meets alphabet. ✍️✨ Getting lost in the details of these drop caps. There’s a timeless beauty in taking the very first letter of a story and turning it into a garden of ink and imagination.
Starting a new chapter never looked so good.

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A glimpse into my collection of Golden Age fairy tales. Exquisite craftsmanship and ornate gold-blocked bindings. Featuring Andrew Lang’s The Olive Fairy Book.

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Photo: Victor Paredes

Edmund Dulac’s Fairy Tales. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations 1916. Hodder & Stoughton, London.
Boken gav ut under första världskriget. Sagorna i boken valdes ut från de länder som var allierade med Storbritannien under kriget, däribland Frankrike, Ryssland, Japan, Serbien och Italien.
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