Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 81

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(CURIOSA.) Wegener, Gerda. Casanova de Seingalt, G. Une aventure d'amour a Venise. Sepia woodcuts by Wegener engraved by G. Aubert and 10 color aquatint plates by Lambert after her watercolors, plus an additional suite of the plates in black and yellow. 4to, handsome deep rose crushed morocco with green calf and gilt borders and inlay design of Wegener's trademark black mask in black and white outlined in gold, decorative gilt and ruled spine, doublures of patterened silk with floral rose and green borders, by gonon, spine slightly faded; fore edges gilt, top edges trimmed and gilt; internally clean; board slipcase (worn). Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, (1927)

Additional Details

one of only 40 copies on vélin d'arches with the suite, numbered 47-86 (this being number 49). From a total edition of 500. Monod 2334. - Mahe I, 425. - Carteret IV, 93.