Lot 158
Voigt (Hans Henning), "Alastair".- Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 2 vol., limited edition, colour plates by Alastair, Paris, Black Sun Press, 1929 & others, illustrated (4)
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Voigt (Hans Henning), "Alastair".- Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, translated by Ernest Dowson, 2 vol., one of 1000 copies, printed in red and black, 14 colour plates by Alastair, tissue guards, original printed wrappers, uncut, spines a little browned and split, Paris, Black Sun Press, 1929 § Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candide ou l'Optimisme, number 211 of 185 copies on vélin de Montval, from an edition limited to 237, printed in red & black with pictorial initials, charming pochoir etched plates and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage, tissue guards, original pictorial wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, original cloth-backed board folder and slip-case, Paris, 1928 § Bayros (Franz) Im Garten der Aphrodite, title with vignette and 17 plates only (of 18, lacking plate 10), tissue guards, loose as issued in original board portfolio, rubbed, dent to upper cover causing small tear to title and lower margin of plates, privately printed, [c.1910], 4to (4)
Description
Voigt (Hans Henning), "Alastair".- Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, translated by Ernest Dowson, 2 vol., one of 1000 copies, printed in red and black, 14 colour plates by Alastair, tissue guards, original printed wrappers, uncut, spines a little browned and split, Paris, Black Sun Press, 1929 § Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Candide ou l'Optimisme, number 211 of 185 copies on vélin de Montval, from an edition limited to 237, printed in red & black with pictorial initials, charming pochoir etched plates and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage, tissue guards, original pictorial wrappers, uncut, glacine wrapper, original cloth-backed board folder and slip-case, Paris, 1928 § Bayros (Franz) Im Garten der Aphrodite, title with vignette and 17 plates only (of 18, lacking plate 10), tissue guards, loose as issued in original board portfolio, rubbed, dent to upper cover causing small tear to title and lower margin of plates, privately printed, [c.1910], 4to (4)
