Hello, I have a question regarding the book "The black dew" by Theodor Kittelsen and regarding the specific edition on Norwegian language which is displayed on the image. I do not know how to describe this edition other than just providing the cover of the book. I do not understand the Norwegian language but want to buy this specific edition of the book because I am a fan of Theodor Kittelsen’s art and would love to have this book for aesthetic reasons. I wasn’t sure where to ask this and I can’t seem to find the answer to my question by googling so I guess I’m desperately hoping someone here might be able to answer me.
My question is: what portion of the book is the art and what portion of the book is text?
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I’m not sure you have access to this, but Nasjonabiblioteket [has the book available](https://www.nb.no/items/bce5708c84ab6092f929ab3456c8bdb2?page=0&searchText=svartedauen).
If you don’t, the book is about 50/50 art and text. 12 full page illustrations, and lots of smaller drawings.
edit: typo
You could contact the museum of his home [Lauvlia](https://buskerudmuseene.no/lauvlia) and ask them to send you a copy. Looks like they have an exhibition of this book and artwork now, so they definitely have it in the museum store. Online store is closed, so you will need to email them.
This is a quite rare and sought after book so it’s not easily available in its first edition. But there is actually one antiquarian bookstore that has this specific edition available but it is sold as a lot together with an even rarer edition so it’s quite expensive.
https://antikvariat-bryggen.no/portfolio/theodor-kittelsen-22/
It might also become available here: https://www.antikvariat.net/no/ some time in the future even though it’s not currently available.
A reprint is available at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Svartedauen-Norwegian-Theodor-Kittelsen/dp/1490497897