Nov 08, 2011 - Sale 2260

Sale 2260 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(CURIOSA.) Bayros, Franz von. Die Bayros-Mappe I-III. Together, 3 volumes. Each comprised of a single folding leaf with title-page, plate list, and, in Volume 3 only, an introduction by Walther Deneke. Respectively, 12, 20, and 12 tipped-in, window-mounted designs by von Bayros measuring roughly 250x160 mm (sheets), wide margins. Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher's 1/2 parchment and gold-stamped portfolios. Volumes 1 and 2 are numbered 69 of 500 copies; Volume 3 is numbered 73 of 260 copies. Munich: Karl Theodore Senger, [1911-13]

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with--von Bayros [as Choisy Le Conin, pseud.]. Die Bonbonnière. Galante und Artige Samlung Erotischer Phantasien mit Paraphrasen in Poesie und Prosa von Amadée de La Houlette [Franz Blei]. 2 volumes. 12 erotic etchings with aquatint by von Bayros, each with floral patterned tissue guards. Loose as issued in original printed wrappers; scattered creasing to wrappers and margins, plates in Volume 1 toned. Number 80 of 530 sets. [Vienna, nd].