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George, Stefan; Lechter, MelchiorEin achtblätteriger Lotus. Gebete der Nacht. Mit einem nirvanischen Vor- und Nachgesang von Melchior Lechter.Einhorn-Presse/Otto von Holten, Berlin, 1935
First edition of the seventh and final book published by Einhorn-Presse. No. 26 of a limited edition of 100 copies (total edition 150). Description: Vellum-backed blue boards, lettered in gilt; gilt title to spine. Quarto: 34 × 22 cm; unpaginated. Printed in black and blue on toned old handmade paper, the ornamental borders of endpapers…
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Oskar KokoschkaPenthesilea.Ars Librorum (Edition de Beauclair), Frankfurt, 1970
Original drypoint etchings from Oskar Kokoschka’s graphic work based on Kleist’s Penthesilea. Suite of 10 etchings, hand numbered and signed by Kokoschka, this is number VII of an edition of XXXV Roman numbered copies. Description: Uncut and loose as issued in original green portfolio, gilt facsimile author’s signature and de Beauclair’s signet to front cover.…
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Itten, JohannesTagebuch. Beiträge zu einem Kontrapunkt der bildenden Kunst.Verlag der Itten-Schule, Berlin, 1930
First edition of one of the artist’s major works and one of the most important art theories of the 20th century. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is no. 277. Description: Original blue cloth binding, upper cover lettered in gilt; housed in original blue cloth slipcase. Oblong folio: 39 × 52 cm; pp.: [2],…
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Hu Zhengyan [Hú Zhèngyán] 胡正言Shizhuzhai Jianpu [Shih-chu-chai chien-p’u] 十竹齋箋譜Jung Pao-Chai, Beijing, 1952
![Hu Zhengyan [Hú Zhèngyán] 胡正言Shizhuzhai Jianpu [Shih-chu-chai chien-p’u] 十竹齋箋譜Jung Pao-Chai, Beijing, 1952](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/hu-zheng-yan_2s.jpg)
A masterpiece of Chinese multi-block colour printing, masterfully reprinted, in exactly the same technique as the original and printed on the most magnificent paper. Description: 4 vols. stab bound with gold speckled, ochre coloured paper wrappers, paper label with calligraphic lettering to front; housed in the original silk brocade folding box with calligraphic paper label…
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Hug aus Schlettstadt, JohannesQuadruvium Ecclesie quattuor prelatorum officium quibus omnis anima subijcitur.Johann Gruninger, Strassburg, 1504
First edition of the “Quadrivium Ecclesiae”, the “first textbook of German constitutional law” and three other rare writings on canon and constitutional law combined in an exceptionally preserved anthology. Description: Bound in contemporary pigskin, decorated with roll-tooled borders; 2 brass clasps and catch-plates; spine with 3 raised bands, spine lettered in manuscripts. Quarto: 27 ×…
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Grandpré, L.[ouis Ohier de]Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des états du Congo. Suivi d’un voyage fait au Cap de Bonne Esperance.Dentu, Paris, 1801
![Grandpré, L.[ouis Ohier de]Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des états du Congo. Suivi d’un voyage fait au Cap de Bonne Esperance.Dentu, Paris, 1801](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/grandpre_voyage_1801-4.jpg)
First edition of Grandpré’s account of his 1786–87 trading expedition along the West African coast. Description: 2 vols., bound in contemp. mottled calf, with board edges in gilt, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Octavo: 20 × 13 cm; pp.: (vol.1): [2]ll., 32, xxviii, 226; (vol.2): [2]ll., 320. With 13 engravings (8 folded plates…
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Frutiger, AdrianAu commencement Dieu créa les cieux et la terre.Editions Hermann, Paris, 1962
Suite of 15 original woodcuts by Adrian Frutiger, accompanied by the text from the first chapter of Genesis. Printed in 140 copies, of which this is no. 116. Signed by Adrian Frutiger and with a dedication in his own hand. Description: Leporello in the original folder and chemise, in the original slipcase. Quarto: 37 ×…
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Johnny FriedlaenderAccords. Trois gravures originales de Friedlaender.J. de Champvallins, Paris, 1990
Three signed original colour etchings, loosely inserted in the original portfolio. No. 23 of 95 hand-numbered and signed copies (from a total edition of 116). Description: Publisher’s grey linen portfolio, dark blue stamped title on front cover: 52 × 35 cm. 3 colour etchings 50 × 32,5 cm (leaf), 22 × 19 cm (plate) loosely…
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Fleuret, FernandÉloge de la plaquette.Les Plaquettes, Paris, 1939
One of the very few copies of this work. Complete with the handwritten addressed envelope. Limited edition of 111 copies, of which this is number xli. Description: Sewn as issued in original printed wrappers and original glassine jacket. Quarto: 31 × 21 cm; [14] ll. (unpaginated). Printed from 16 pt Astrée on hand-made paper, edges…
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Le Corbusier [i.e. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret]La mer est toujours présente. 10 lithographies originales aux “Editions Force-Vives”.Editions Forces-Vives, Paris, n.d. [1962]
![Le Corbusier [i.e. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret]La mer est toujours présente. 10 lithographies originales aux “Editions Force-Vives”.Editions Forces-Vives, Paris, n.d. [1962]](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/corbusier_la_mer_1962-5.jpg)
A beautiful, complete set of large-scale lithographs by Le Corbusier (1887–1965). Description: Loose (as issued) in original green cloth-covered portfolio. Elephant folio: 57.5 × 52 cm (sheet: 56 × 50 cm); 12 lithographs (title page, 10 drawings, list of plates and justification) on Vélin d’Arches, with full margins, signed and titled in the stone. Printed…