Item #7029 Legends from River and Mountain. Witches, Carmen Sylva, Alma Strettell, Folk Tales.
Legends from River and Mountain
Legends from River and Mountain

Legends from River and Mountain

London: George Allen, 1896. First edition. 8vo, 328pp. Illustrations by T. H. Robinson. Pale blue cloth stamped in gilt and black with witch illustration on front cover and vignette on spine. Boards worn at corners and spine ends, with some rubbing along joints. Patterned endpapers toned else clean internally and very good.

First edition of this collection of tales from the first queen of Romania, Elisabeth of Wied (1843-1916).  Writing as Carmen Sylva, Elisabeth gathered and put into written form legends and folklore from various regions of Roumania and Germany including the Hartz Mountains, Black Forest, Saxony, and elsewhere.  These tales were originally written in German and translated for this volume by British translator and poet, Alma Strettell (1853-1939).  A beautiful book. Item #7029

Price: $150.00