Live auction - Lot 647
Das kleine Welttheater oder Die Glücklichen.
Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1903
Hammer price: €
350
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
8vo.
Orig. vellum with gilt-stamped framed illustrations on front cover and decorative endpapers, all after a design by Aubrey Beardsley, gilt-titled flat spine, top edge gilt (vellum very sl. soiled, front endpaper sl. split at fold). Mod. similar decorated folder by Nicole Diercxsens-Beeckmans. Mod. white paper slipcase. Good copy.
Edition limited to 800 hand-numb. copies (n. 421). Printed in red and black. Top edge trimmed.
Joined: Id. - Der weisse Fächer. Ibid., 1907. Folio (ownership entry [?] cut out of title page, endpapers sl. used). Publ. half vellum, mod. paper slipcase. Ill. with 4 full-page woodcuts by E.G. Craig. Ed. lim. to 800 numb. copies (n. 52). Printed in gold and black. Prov. André de Ridder (1888-1961), Belgian poet, writer, essayist and art critic (bookpl. by Edmond van Offel). (2 vol.)