[Signed dedication] Nijhoff, M. Vormen

Bussum, C.A.J. van Dishoeck, 1924, 1st ed., (4),109,(2)p., orig. wr. by J. van Krimpen. Signed dedication to Victor E. van Vriesland and his wife Marie Dumittan: "Voor Marie en Victor E.v. V." van Pom 1.XII.'24".

Near fine copy. Nijhoff and Van Vriesland, childhood friends, both attended the Gymnasium Haganum. They shared an early passion for the poetry of the decadents, often reading together late at night over glasses of red wine. See: V.E. van Vriesland, Herinneringen verteld aan Alfred Kossmann (1969), p. 23-25.