Live veiling - Lot 291
Ilsée Prinzessin von Tripolis. Lithographien von A. Mucha.
Prague, B. Kočí, 1901
€ 800 / 1.000
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Beschrijving lot
3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [10]-52, [4]-53/94, [4]-95/128-[16] pp.
Sewn, orig. green decor. wrappers by Mucha (some min. def. at head and tail).
First edition of the translation by Regine Adler (1st French ed. 1897) with an intricate Art Nouveau book design by Alfons Mucha (1860-1939) who designed the title-page, 132 colour lithographs (4 full-page and 128 pages with large compositions and frames around the text, several in gold or silver), 3 vignettes and 7 decorative borders. The book opens with an embossed title (made by Alexander Charpentier) and ends with an embossed coat of arms. Edition limited to 800 copies on vellum, unnumb. copy.
Prov. Hubert Dupond (bookpl.).