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Meeting of 4 volumes illustrated by Elisabeth Ivanovsky. Includes: Two Russian fairy tales. P., Desclée de Brouwer, [1931], 4th oblong, cart. ed. (rubbed cuts); Large and small. Same edition, [1931], 4th square, edited cart. (stained cardboard, leg. traces of use); HELLENS (Fr.). History of Bass-Bassina-Boulou. Brux. 8°, ed. cart. 8°, universal edition, [1936]. (worn cardboard, very stained work); Vérité (Marcelle). Le Roi, l'ours et le petit hérisson. Tournai, Casterman, 1949, 4°, cart. ed. Painter, watercolourist and graphic designer, Elisabeth Ivanovsky (Kichinev / Russia, 1910 - Brussels, 2006) studied at the School of Art in Chisinau, then in Bucharest and finally at La Cambre in Brussels. Widow of the poet René Meurant, she illustrated countless children's books, designing theatre costumes, sets and posters (Russian Book Art, 1904-2005. Brux., 2006, p. 173).