Orientalisches Traumbuch.

Potsdam: [Dr. Selle & Co A.G. for] Müller & Co, [1925]. ​8vo (175 × 115 mm), pp. 167, [1], including 27 plates/decorative titles printed in gold and colours on stiff paper, plus a similar frontispiece with a moveable volvelle, loosely inserted as issued, along with the rarely found instruction slip. Text within red and brown decorative borders. Original grey boards with decorative paper onlay to upper cover. An excellent copy. First edition of Lydis’s astrological dream dictionary, complete with the moveable volvelle horoscope and striking plates printed in colours and gold. The numerous dream motifs Lydis illustrates include: the whore, the angel, flight, locusts, insects (she actually depicts a spider), sea creatures, suicide and the devil. The style is reminiscent of the artist’s Islamic-influenced miniatures for the Qur’an. Correa, Mariette Lydis, 4.4 (with an estimated edition of 150 copies, which we think must be an underestimate).