Lot 1802
F. M. A. de Voltaire / R. Kriesch, Candide. Basel 1958.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
1802
Category:
Illustrated Books, portfolios and art literature after 1945
RUDOLF KRIESCH
F. M. A. DE VOLTAIRE: Candide oder der Optimismus. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Rudolf Schneider-Schelde. Wien, München, Basel: Verlag Kurt Desch 1958. 32,5 x 25 cm. With 61 lithographs (including 16 full-page ones) by R. Kriesch. 208 pp., 2 ff. Original half-leather binding with gold-embossed title on the spine, in a slipcase.
Nr. 243 v. 400 Ex. Signed by the artist and publisher in the colophon. – Schulz Vol. III, E258. – Contrary to the information on the title page (62) and in the colophon (59), the volume contains 61 lithographs. Unbound copies exist in illustrated wrappers, hardback and slipcase.
F. M. A. DE VOLTAIRE: Candide oder der Optimismus. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Rudolf Schneider-Schelde. Wien, München, Basel: Verlag Kurt Desch 1958. 32,5 x 25 cm. With 61 lithographs (including 16 full-page ones) by R. Kriesch. 208 pp., 2 ff. Original half-leather binding with gold-embossed title on the spine, in a slipcase.
Nr. 243 v. 400 Ex. Signed by the artist and publisher in the colophon. – Schulz Vol. III, E258. – Contrary to the information on the title page (62) and in the colophon (59), the volume contains 61 lithographs. Unbound copies exist in illustrated wrappers, hardback and slipcase.