Lot 943
J. W. v. Goethe, Gedichte. Hrsg. v. H. G. Gräf. 4 vols. Berlin 1924-25.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
943
Category:
Literature of the 20th century
Artist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: Gedichte. Herausgegeben von Hans Gerhard Gräf. 4 Bde. Berlin: Otto von Holten für die Maximilian-Gesellschaft 1924-25. 27,8 x 19,7 cm. 394 pp., 1 fol.; 326 pp., 1 fol.; 400 pp., 1 fol.; 403 pp., 1 unnumbered p. Half-leather binding with 3 variations of coverings and gilded spine titles. Top-edges gilt.
(Slightly rubbed, spine somewhat faded. Inside, faintly browned and with minimal finger marks in places. One leaf in Vol. 4 has a small tear at the bottom edge.)
Deutsche Bibliophilie 1898-1930, S. 120. Schauer I, S. 130. - One of 300 copies. – Printed on Zanders laid paper bearing the watermark of the Maximilian Society, under the direction of Fritz Homeyer and Hans Loubier, by Otto von Holten, Berlin. - A magnificent bibliophile edition from the Maximilian Society, which, alongside *Effi Briest* with lithographs by Max Liebermann, ranks among the most elaborate prints produced by the bibliophile society. Printed in a meticulous typographic design using the Tiemann-Antiqua typeface and supplied in loose sheets in cases, which allowed members to choose their own binding, this annual gift represents an outstanding example of German book art from the interwar period.
(Slightly rubbed, spine somewhat faded. Inside, faintly browned and with minimal finger marks in places. One leaf in Vol. 4 has a small tear at the bottom edge.)
Deutsche Bibliophilie 1898-1930, S. 120. Schauer I, S. 130. - One of 300 copies. – Printed on Zanders laid paper bearing the watermark of the Maximilian Society, under the direction of Fritz Homeyer and Hans Loubier, by Otto von Holten, Berlin. - A magnificent bibliophile edition from the Maximilian Society, which, alongside *Effi Briest* with lithographs by Max Liebermann, ranks among the most elaborate prints produced by the bibliophile society. Printed in a meticulous typographic design using the Tiemann-Antiqua typeface and supplied in loose sheets in cases, which allowed members to choose their own binding, this annual gift represents an outstanding example of German book art from the interwar period.