DIE ZEICHNUNGEN ERNST THEODOR AMADEUS HOFFMANNS
Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1921. Limited Edition: #40/500. Booklet and illustrations; 52, [2] pages, plus [50] illustrated plates. In Very Good condition with a Good case. Booklet and plates are housed in a maroon morocco slipcase with gilt lettering and ruling on the lid. Booklet is in marbled paper wrappers with maroon lettering on a red label; plates mounted within individual paper folders. Case is rubbed along the edges. Lid is separated from the case due to splitting along the hinge. Light cracking to leather along the side panel. Booklet is age toned with some very light wrinkling around the label. Some creasing along the spine. Text block is clean. Some of the plates have come loose from their mounting, but remain within their paper folders. All plates remain present and intact. Housed in a protective archival sleeve. Shelved in Room A.
1404185
Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $300
NOTES
This copy is number #40 out of 500. Per the limitation page, copies 1 to 100 of this limited run were issued in morocco cases, while the remaining 400 were kept in half linen cases. Also worth noting is that while the text booklet describes 62 illustrations, only 50 of these illustrations are included on engraved plates. Due to a dispute with some of the owners at the time of publication, the "missing" illustrations were never put onto plates; illustrations 5, 6, 23-28, 39, 47, 59, and 62 are instead included within the text booklet itself. The set is thus complete as issued.