Edmund Dulac (1882 – 1953) was a French magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. For full biographical notes on Dulac see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 7-part post on the works of Edmund Dulac:
1915 Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book For The French Red Cross:
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Title Page |
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Asenath |
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The Story of the Bird Feng
" The wonderful bird, like a fire of many colours come down from Heaven, alighted before the Princess, dropping at her feet the portrait"
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Young Rousselle
"What do think of young Rouselle?" |
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Layla and Majnún
"In a high chamber of the palace - it was as wondrous as that of a Sultan"
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Layla and Majnún
" If the desert were my home - then would I let the World go by" |
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Layla and Majnún
"She would sit for hours, with the bird perched on the back of her hand, listening to its soft intonation of that one word 'Majnún' "
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The Nightingale
"Even the poor fisherman would pause in his work to listen" |
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Three Kings of Orient
"O star of wonder, star of night" |
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Sinbad the Sailor
"Knowest thou my name is also Sinbad!" |
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The Little Seamstress
I never at all saw sewing so small" |
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The Real Princess
"Not a wink the whole night long" |
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My Lisette
"Tis Lisette whom I adore and with reason more and more" |
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Cinderella
"There, said her Godmother, pointing with her wand ... pick it and bring it along" |
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The Chilly Lover
"O Ursula, for thee my heart is burning, - but I'm so cold!" |
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Blue Beard
"Seven and one are eight, Madam!" |
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The Story of Aucassin and Nicolette
"But Nicolette one night escaped" |
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Cerberus. The Black dog of Hades
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The Lady Badoura
"Nay, nay: I will not marry him" |
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The Sleeper Awakened
"Behold the reward of those who meddle in other people's affairs." |
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Dedication |
1915 The Dreamer of Dreams
by the Queen of Romania:
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Title Page |
1916 Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book:
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Front Cover |
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Title Page |
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The Story of the Bird Feng
( This illustration also appears in the above book ) |
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The Blue Bird |
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The Seven Conquerers of the Queen of the Mississippi |
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The Buried Moon |
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White Caroline and Black Caroline |
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The Serpent Prince |
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Snegorotchka |
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The Hind in the Wood |
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Ivan and the Chestnut Horse |
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The Story of Bashtchelik |
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The Story of Bashtchelik |
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The Friar and the Boy |
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The Green Street |
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The Story of Urashima Taro |
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The Story of Urashima Taro |
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The Fire Bird |
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The Fire Bird |
1916 The Stealers of Light by the Queen of Romania
(2 illustrations):
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"The light she had thought to extinguish had escaped from her dying hands and floated always farther across the desert, shedding its marvellous radiance over rock and stone."
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"The man had his arm lightly laid across the tall girl's shoulders; they might have been lovers, so tender was his touch."
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