Lot 296
Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of) Sodom. Ein Spiel, number 199 of 350 copies, title-vignette and 15 plates by Julius Klinger, folio, Leipzig, privately printed, 1909.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of) Sodom. Ein Spiel, number 199 of 350 copies, title-vignette and 15 plates by Julius Klinger, 2 colour and mounted, the rest black and white, small bookplate and manuscript note tipped to front endpapers, original cloth, upper cover ruled and titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, folio, Leipzig, 1909.
⁂ Notorious work of erotica by the 18th century libertine Earl of Rochester with suitably explicit plates by the Viennese Secessionist artist and poster designer Julius Klinger, reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley.
Description
Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of) Sodom. Ein Spiel, number 199 of 350 copies, title-vignette and 15 plates by Julius Klinger, 2 colour and mounted, the rest black and white, small bookplate and manuscript note tipped to front endpapers, original cloth, upper cover ruled and titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, folio, Leipzig, 1909.
⁂ Notorious work of erotica by the 18th century libertine Earl of Rochester with suitably explicit plates by the Viennese Secessionist artist and poster designer Julius Klinger, reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley.
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