1913 The Hungarian Fairy Book : Nandor & Willy Pogany : Fairy Folk Tales

The Hungarian Fairy Book

By Nandor Pogany

Illustrated by Willy Pogany

London; T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. First Edition. Hardback book, 8vo, decorative cloth binding,  xii. 287 p. Drawings by Willy Pogány. 

Containing 26 Hungarian Fairy Tales

CONDITION
A good first edition. The cloth binding is good with some light scuffing and light signs of age. A little spotting to the endpapers and half-title page. All contents present and pages good throughout  . .with some thumb marks or grubby marks to some of the margins, Overall a good copy. See images provided.

William Andrew Pogany (born Vilmos András Feichtmann (or Feuchtmann); 1882 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books of Jewish origin. He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables. A large portion of Pogany's work is described as Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often feature motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details. He used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. 

(BS2/4UP)