Accession number
PML 195764
Creator
Bosshart, Jakob, 1862-1924.
Published
Zürich ; Leipzig : Grethlein & Co., c1923.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2012.
Notes
Publisher's advertisements: [4] p. at end.
With 24 woodcut illustrations, including title page, 22 in-text, and 1 two-color ill. on dust jacket; part of the dust jacket print (in a later state?) is reproduced on upper board, and was probably printed from a line block (cf. Dube).
Dust jacket [PML 195764.1] on library's copy matches variant 3 of State IV (cf. Dube 808): the t in Bosshart is not fully crossed on spine or front of dust jacket; blocks printed in black and violet on rose paper.
"Den Druck dieses Buches besorgte die Druckerei E. Haberland in Leipzig."--T.p. verso.
"Hundertzwanzig numerierte Vorzugsexemplare, vom Verfasser signiert, band Th. Knaur mit der Hand in Leinen"--T.p. verso.
Library has unnumbered copy.
With 24 woodcut illustrations, including title page, 22 in-text, and 1 two-color ill. on dust jacket; part of the dust jacket print (in a later state?) is reproduced on upper board, and was probably printed from a line block (cf. Dube).
Dust jacket [PML 195764.1] on library's copy matches variant 3 of State IV (cf. Dube 808): the t in Bosshart is not fully crossed on spine or front of dust jacket; blocks printed in black and violet on rose paper.
"Den Druck dieses Buches besorgte die Druckerei E. Haberland in Leipzig."--T.p. verso.
"Hundertzwanzig numerierte Vorzugsexemplare, vom Verfasser signiert, band Th. Knaur mit der Hand in Leinen"--T.p. verso.
Library has unnumbered copy.
Description
434, [1], [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm
Binding
Publisher's quarter red cloth binding with rose-colored boards decorated with woodcuts by Kirchner printed in black and violet, and black text printed against violet on spine; with a rose colored dust jacket decorated with original woodcuts printed in black and violet (dust jacket has been housed separately).
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