a rare book, because the 1907 de-luxe first edition, bound in full vellum, of poems

Stemmen, by P.C. Boutens

Pieter Cornelis Boutens, The Netherlands 1870-1943,

published by P.N. van Kampen & Zoon, Amsterdam,

with an art nouveau / Jugendstil book cover design with floral decoration in gilt on vellum, probably after a design of Walter Tiemann (Germany 1876-1951), 

top edge gilt, small clipping portrait of P.C. Boutens tipped onto upper paste-down

and as the first edition must have: 

a printed portrait of P.C. Boutens, by Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1880-1910), signed in the drawing, 

and on page 30 the word "donder" (not "donker"),

with a 1907 owner's inscription in black ink on first free end-paper:

d. 3 m. Dec. a. MDCCCCVII - hunc librum - cum Candidatus Juris - renunciatus essem - mater mihi dedit

for December 3, 1907 -(and perhaps:) my mother gave me this book when I renounced as candidate of law 

(please correct us when we are wrong with this interpretation/translation) 

possibly handwriting of and/or provenance: J.C. Bloem - Jacques Cornelis Bloem, Netherlands 1887-1966, because we acquired it with other books from his estate and he indeed was thought to study law, against his own wish

condition: beautiful

size: circa 21,3 x 16,4 cm / 8.4 x 6.5 inch

weight: circa 500 gr.

in Dutch: eerste druk 1907, luxe editie, gebonden in perkament / vellum, met portret van P.C. Boutens door Jan Toorop, gesigneerd in de tekening: ‘J. Toorop 11/1905’, in facsimile gedrukt in zwart als frontispice, op pagina 30 het woord "donder" en niet zoals later "donker"