Trentuna fantasie bizzarre e crudeli precedute dalla diabolica imagine di Niccolo Paganini e dall'autoritratto dell'uomo Pallido.

Folio (pl. "l'uomo Pallido" loose).

Publ. binding (corners rubbed, covers somewhat soiled, def. at spine, sl. disbound).

Original edition and one of the regular copies (unnumb.) illustrated with 31 photolithographed "fantaisie bizarre" showing weird, monstruous creatures, and 5 other plates, all dating between 1920-1923, except for "La diabolica imagine di Niccolo Paganini" dated 1918. Alberto Martini (1876-1954) was an Italian painter, engraver, illustrator and graphic designer. His range of work has been described from "elegant and epic" to "grotesque and macabre". He can be seen as one of the precursors of Surrealism.
Prov. Hubert Dupond (bookpl.).