Lot 443
Single Copy Hand-Drawn Art Book – Illustrations of a Poem by Hugo von Hofmannsthal – Germany, 1927
Ballade des äusseren Lebens, Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Original illustrations by Gertrud Bechtel. No publisher indicated. [Germany, 1927]. German.
Single-copy book, made of handmade paper, written and illustrated entirely by hand and featuring, on the right-hand pages, a poem by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and on the left-hand pages, colorful illustrations in watercolor by the artist Gertrud Bechtel. Bound in leather binding with golden decoration. The leaves are not attached to the binding (originaly).
[20] pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Inner wrapper torn on spine. Damage to leather spine. Some stains.
