Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 193

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(KLIMT, GUSTAV.) Verlaine, Paul. Femmes. Printed in red and black. Six reproductions of erotic drawings by Klimt. Thin tall 4to, 337x243 mm, publisher's vellum-backed gold boards with Verlaine's decorative monogram in red and gold on front cover, discolored, edgeworn; staining to top portion of front endpapers with residual semi-circular stain to marginal edge of contents, one inch from top of leaves, though of varying darkness and depth, does not heavily affect plates, gentle crease to lower outer corners (fibers not broken). [London]: The Book-Dandys, circa 1905

Additional Details

first limited edition. number 4 of only 100 copies printed specially for "The Book-Dandys." Despite its condition issues, this book is rarely encountered. OCLC lists only one copy of this edition in American at the Houghton Library of Harvard University.