Lot 51
Cranach Press.- , Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., one of 60 copies on Japon, illustrations by Eric Gill, original scarlet morocco by O.Dorfner, Weimar, Cranach Press, 1931.
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Cranach Press.- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., number III of 60 copies on Japon, from an edition limited to 268, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua, 11 wood-engraved illustrations and 18 initials by Eric Gill, 7 full-page, light spotting, original scarlet morocco, gilt, by Otto Dorfner of Weimar, signed on rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, with 2 copies of Cranach Press booklist, together in original board slip-case, tall narrow 8vo, [Weimar, Cranach Press], 1931.
Description
Cranach Press.- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., number III of 60 copies on Japon, from an edition limited to 268, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua, 11 wood-engraved illustrations and 18 initials by Eric Gill, 7 full-page, light spotting, original scarlet morocco, gilt, by Otto Dorfner of Weimar, signed on rear turn-in, t.e.g., others uncut, with 2 copies of Cranach Press booklist, together in original board slip-case, tall narrow 8vo, [Weimar, Cranach Press], 1931.
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