Limited edition. Top edge gilt. Frontspiece portrait of Jacob Maris, after M. van der Maarel. Vellum cover with gilt. Stamp decoration of stork, the symbol of The Hague, as Maris was born in The Hague and belonged to the The Hague School of Painters. The other stamp decoration is a coat of arms of Paris. In Paris Maris lived and worked from 1865 until 1871.