FINE PRINTING & PRIVATE PRESSES – KRUININGEN,... Lot n° 10044

in de oorspronkelijke tekst en de vertaling van Franz M. Th. de Liagre Böhl [..]. [Introductory text by J.H. Hospers]. Amsterdam, [Le Canard], 1955, [41 unnumb.] text-pp. With 8 ORIGINAL COL. LITHOGRAPHS by Harry van Kruiningen, all PRINTED ON SILK (all signed “H. v. Kruiningen” in pencil in lower blank margin, ca. 21,5 x 16 cm. tipped onto a paper mount & behind passepartout). Folio (ca. 39,5 x 27 cm.), loose as issued in quires in the orig. dec. blue wrappers. – KRUININGEN, H. (Harry) VAN (ps. of Henri Adelbert Janssen, 1906-1996). Eight coloured lithographs to the Hymn to the Sun of Akhnaton in the original text and the translation by Prof. Dr. A. de Buck. [Introductory text by Th.P. van Baaren]. Amsterdam, [Le Canard], 1954, [43 unnumb.] text-pp. With 8 ORIGINAL COL. LITHOGRAPHS by Harry van Kruiningen (all signed “H. v. Kruiningen” in pencil in lower blank margin, ca. 21 x 15,5 cm. tipped onto a paper mount & behind passepartout). Folio (ca. 39,5 x 27 cm.), loose as issued in quires in the orig. dec. wrappers. – And 1 other by HARRY VAN KRUININGEN (“Edgar Allan Poe”. Amsterdam, De Driehoek, ca. 1977. Printed in 500 Arabic numb. copies). [FINE PRINTING & PRIVATE PRESSES] – KRUININGEN, H. (Harry) VAN (ps. of Henri Adelbert Janssen, 1906-1996). Zondvloed en levenskruid. Acht kleurenlitho’s bij [de elfde zang van] het epos van Gilgamesj, ¶ Ad 1: Printed by G.A. Verwey (Schiedam) in 150 copies. One of 50 Roman numbered copies with all lithographs printed on SILK (“japanse zijde”). Numbered & signed in blue ink (in the colophon) by the Dutch artist Harry van Kruiningen (1906-1996). Comprises the cuneiform text of tablet XI of the Sumerian “Epic of Gilgamesh” with parallel Dutch translation by the Dutch scholar Franz Marius Theodor de Liagre Böhl (1882-1976). – A few minor imperfections to the wrappers (spine sl. creased, a few small waterstains on backstrip & upper cover), but nevertheless in good condition. ¶ Ad 2: Printed by G.A. Verweij (Schiedam) in 100 Arabic numb. copies with all lithographs printed on “Simili Japon”. Numbered & signed in blue ink (in the colophon) by the Dutch artist Harry van Kruiningen (1906-1996). Comprises the hieroglyphic text of the Egyptian hymn-poem “The Great Hymn to the Aten” with parallel English translation by Gertrude Edith van Baaren-Pape (1907-1988) based on the Dutch translation by the Dutch Egyptologist Adriaan de Buck (1892-1959). – A few defects to the wrappers (spine-ends dam./ torn, spine partly creased, upper cover sl. soiled), but nevertheless in a good interior condition.