FRIGYES (Karinthy). LAJOS (Kozma).
Zsuzsa bergengociaban. [Zsuzsa in Bergengocia].
Alompanorama huszonket képben, elbeszéli Kozma Lajos, huszonkét betüre versbeszedte Karinthy Frigyes. [Panorama in twenty-two images by Lajos Kozma. Twenty-two letters collected by Karinthy Frigyes]. Sacellary Kiadas. [Budapest]. 1921. Large in-4 (31.8 x 24.3 cm). (26) ff., (22) plates on coated paper: cream cloth spine with gilt title, brown paper boards, the first with a gilt stamped oval with the words Magyar Klenodiumok.

Unique edition of a very rare Hungarian primer illustrated with twenty-two color plates by the architect and graphic designer Kozma Lajos (1884-1948). Student of Henri Matisse (1909-1910).
Work realized in 1918 and published in 1921. Dreamlike illustrations, applied on the pages, featuring a little girl, a kind of Alice in the imaginary country of Bergengocia.
For each letter, the red initial is placed on the facing page, underlined with two verses by the writer Karinthy Frigyes (1887-1938). No W or X.
Unnumbered copy of an edition limited to 500 copies.
The book is very well preserved, small cracks on the first inner hinge.
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Lot no. 173

FRIGYES (Karinthy). LAJOS (Kozma). Zsuzsa bergengociaban. [Zsuzsa in Bergengocia]. Alompanorama huszonket képben, elbeszéli Kozma Lajos, huszonkét betüre versbeszedte Karinthy Frigyes. [Panorama in twenty-two images by Lajos Kozma. Twenty-two letters collected by Karinthy Frigyes]. Sacellary Kiadas. [Budapest]. 1921. Large in-4 (31.8 x 24.3 cm). (26) ff., (22) plates on coated paper: cream cloth spine with gilt title, brown paper boards, the first with a gilt stamped oval with the words Magyar Klenodiumok. Unique edition of a very rare Hungarian primer illustrated with twenty-two color plates by the architect and graphic designer Kozma Lajos (1884-1948). Student of Henri Matisse (1909-1910). Work realized in 1918 and published in 1921. Dreamlike illustrations, applied on the pages, featuring a little girl, a kind of Alice in the imaginary country of Bergengocia. For each letter, the red initial is placed on the facing page, underlined with two verses by the writer Karinthy Frigyes (1887-1938). No W or X. Unnumbered copy of an edition limited to 500 copies. The book is very well preserved, small cracks on the first inner hinge.

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
FRIGYES (Karinthy). LAJOS (Kozma). Zsuzsa bergengociaban. [Zsuzsa in Bergengocia]. Alompanorama huszonket képben, elbeszéli Kozma Lajos, huszonkét betüre versbeszedte Karinthy Frigyes. [Panorama in twenty-two images by Lajos Kozma. Twenty-two letters collected by Karinthy Frigyes]. Sacellary Kiadas. [Budapest]. 1921. Large in-4 (31.8 x 24.3 cm). (26) ff., (22) plates on coated paper: cream cloth spine with gilt title, brown paper boards, the first with a gilt stamped oval with the words Magyar Klenodiumok. Unique edition of a very rare Hungarian primer illustrated with twenty-two color plates by the architect and graphic designer Kozma Lajos (1884-1948). Student of Henri Matisse (1909-1910). Work realized in 1918 and published in 1921. Dreamlike illustrations, applied on the pages, featuring a little girl, a kind of Alice in the imaginary country of Bergengocia. For each letter, the red initial is placed on the facing page, underlined with two verses by the writer Karinthy Frigyes (1887-1938). No W or X. Unnumbered copy of an edition limited to 500 copies. The book is very well preserved, small cracks on the first inner hinge.
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