Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

A collection of Hans Christian Andersen''s best loved fairy tales is here illustrated with the magnificent Art Nouveau colour illustrations of Kay Nielsen. This was a project that took Nielsen 12 years to complete, and his illustrations perfectly capture the other-worldly spirit of the subject matter. Many of the earliest children''s books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, a...