Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy vintage Wrico box just large enough to stick

just large enough to stick the tip of a pen or pencil inside

and Russia

in Ulster County

The rich green glaze definitely nods to the matte green of Arts & Crafts era pottery

and the lush

Frans Masereel's "Die Idee" Very Early Graphic Novel, 1928 Copy vintage Wrico box just large enough to stickNow that I've spent some time with this marvelous book, and learned a little about Frans Masereel (Flemish, 18891972), I can't believe I knew nothing of him, and it, before but I'm very happy to have made the discovery! Consisting of 83 woodcut prints, Die Idee was one of the earliest graphic novels, telling the story of the birth and worldly life of an idea, personified as a woman. As Herman Hesse wrote in the introduction to this edition (in