La Jeunesse Inaltérable et la Vie Eternelle, Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema, 1897 (= 1898), with 19 etchings by Marius Bauer and etched head- and tail pieces by G. W. Dijsselhof, the first of ten deluxe copies in vellum with the bookplate of Emilie van Kerckhoff 1898

bound as a block book, with a gilt title on frontcover, lithographed endpapers and booklettering designed by G. W. Dijsselhof, printed by Mouton & Co. The Hague, together with a sheet of 48 etched head- and tail pieces by G. W. Dijsselhof printed on one sheet of japon nacré

Braches, 980116; Heijbroek, 1999, p. 140/142; Brentjens, 2002, p. 104/109, fig. 75, 76;  Wisselingh, van, 1927, nos 273-292

Both in good condition.
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The copy of Emilie van Kerckhoff, bookbinder and friend of sculptor Sarah de Swart. Both Emilie and Sarah were close friends of Anna and William Singer, founders of the Singer Museum in Laren.