[Boutens, P.C. Deluxe copy] Sofokles. Koning Oidipoes

Transl. and ed. by P.C. Boutens. Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1929. (5),51,(3) lvs. Typography by J. van Krimpen, text in Greek and Dutch. Printed in 150 copies, this is one of 10 on Japanese paper. Bound by L. Malcorps in full niger morocco, blindtooled, w. gilt edges and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. In slipcase. Large 4to.

With two copies of the prospectus. Some foxing, spine sl. rubbed. The present work is one of Van Krimpen's typographical masterpieces. The Dutch text is set in Lutetia and the Greek in Antigone, one of the only bilingual editions in these typefaces - remarkably so, since Antigone was designed as a Greek companion to the Roman Lutetia. Together they create one of the finest examples of Duth printing of the interwar period.