- 92
[Wiener Werkstatte]
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
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Gautier, Théophile. La Morte amoreuse. Paris: Librairie de la Collection des Dix, A. Romagnol, editeur, 1904
Large 8vo (10 1/4 x 7 in.; 260 x 178 mm). 2 title vignettes (the first on the wrapper) and 23 engraved plates, all hand-colored, by Eugène Decisy after A.P. Laurens; some soiling in lower and gutter margins. Red morocco, gilt-stamped title on spine, gilt-ruled dentelles, gray morocco doublures with roll-tooled frame of small squares, striped silk endleaves, top-edge gilt, black and white silk placeholder, stamped signature of the Wiener Werkstatte on rear endleaf, original printed wrappers bound in.
Large 8vo (10 1/4 x 7 in.; 260 x 178 mm). 2 title vignettes (the first on the wrapper) and 23 engraved plates, all hand-colored, by Eugène Decisy after A.P. Laurens; some soiling in lower and gutter margins. Red morocco, gilt-stamped title on spine, gilt-ruled dentelles, gray morocco doublures with roll-tooled frame of small squares, striped silk endleaves, top-edge gilt, black and white silk placeholder, stamped signature of the Wiener Werkstatte on rear endleaf, original printed wrappers bound in.
Catalogue Note
Number 151 of 200 copies on papier vélin d'Arches, of a total edition of 300. A binding of austere beauty by the Wiener Werkstatte, signed by the designer "KM" (Kolomon Moser, one of the founders of the Werkstatte), and the binders "CB" (Carl Beitel) and "LW" (Ludwig Willner).