Maurice Maeterlinck; A. Teixeira de Mattos [trans.] — My Dog

London, George Allen & Company, 1913. Cloth. A charming and very smart copy of this brightly illustrated, humorous children's work. A delightful illustrated children's work telling the humorous tale of a six month old bulldog, from Nobel Prize for Literature winning Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.With six full colour illustrated plates, each with captioned tissue guard, from Cecil Aldin. Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.Translated into English by A. Teixeira de Mattos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Smart. Shelf wear to spine tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good Indeed .