11–63. Jan Toorop, binding for Psyche, by Louis Couperus, published by L. J. Veen, Amsterdam

Psyche is a symbolic, tragic, and erotic fairy tale of Princess Psyche, Prince Eros, and the winged stallion Chimera. Psyche was a princess from the Land of Today and longed for the Land of Tomorrow. She was born with two useless little wings with which she wished to soar to other realms. One day while at her father’s palace, she saw in the ephemeral cloud shapes a knight on the blond winged steed called Chimera. As depicted on the binding, Chimera eventually became reality and in Psyche’s death carried her off through the wind and stars to the lands of her dreams.