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In-4 carr� ( 285 X 220 mm ) de X-69-[2] pages, suivies des planches puis de [2] pages, plein v�lin ivoire, dos lisse orn� du titre dor�, premier plat d'un portrait en pied de Rip Van Winkle et du titre dor�s, t�te dor�e ( rubans absents ). PREMIER TIRAGE du frontispice et des 50 "f�eriques" illustrations en couleurs contrecoll�es sur papier fort brun sous serpentes l�gend�es par Arthur RACKHAM. Tirage de luxe, limit� � 200 exemplaires num�rot�s sur papier Whatman ( N�188 ). SUPERBE EXEMPLAIRE. De la biblioth�que WITZ-DAVIAU ( Ex-libris ). Enfantina Litt�rature Contes F�es Gravure Illustration.

Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, published in 1819 as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains and follows Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch American villager who falls asleep before the American Revolution and wakes up twenty years later to a very different world. His disappearance and return are met with incredulity by those around him. This tale is known for its themes of change and continuity, the American past, and individualism.