May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
BEHMER, MARCUS. Zadig, oder das Geschick: Eine Morgenlaendische Geschicte. 40 mounted etchings by Behmer, some hors text. Small folio, publisher's mustard cloth stamped in black, front lower joint split, slightly bowed and lightly soiled; contents bright. Berlin: Pan-Presse, 1912

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number 109 of 250 copies of behmer's magnum opus and a beautiful example of early twentieth-century book illustration. His fantastical, jewel-like detail is reminiscent of Kay Nielsen and Harry Clarke.