WOLS - KAFKA (Franz). The Guest of the Dead. In Our Synagogue. The Sword. New Lamps. Texts translated by Marthe Robert. Paris: Presses du livre français, [1948]. — In-8, 260 x 165: (1 blank folio), 28 pp., (2 folios), 4 plates, illustrated cover. Paperback, padded cover. First edition, printed in a run of 270 copies, of the French translation of these texts by Franz Kafka. One of the 250 copies printed on Montval paper, more specifically one of the 100 on this paper (no. 111), the only ones—along with the 20 on Vidalon paper—to contain the four exquisite, unsigned drypoint engravings by the German-born painter and illustrator WOLS (1913–1951). Spine and cover edges browned.
Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Buyer's premium
28.1%
WOLS - KAFKA (Franz).
The Guest of the Dead. In Our Synagogue. The Sword. New Lamps. Texts translated by Marthe Robert.
Paris: Presses du livre français, [1948]. — In-8, 260 x 165: (1 blank folio), 28 pp., (2 folios), 4 plates, illustrated cover. Paperback, padded cover.
First edition, printed in a run of 270 copies, of the French translation of these texts by Franz Kafka.
One of the 250 copies printed on Montval paper, more specifically one of the 100 on this paper (no. 111), the only ones—along with the 20 on Vidalon paper—to contain the four exquisite, unsigned drypoint engravings by the German-born painter and illustrator WOLS (1913–1951).
Spine and cover edges browned.
Sale
Wednesday 25 November・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon
3, rue Favart
75002 Paris