Original Wraps
1943 · Paris
by Goethe, Johan Wolfgang von
Paris: Le Vasseur & Cie, 1943. Original Wraps. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Near fine in nicked slipcases. 2 vols. Icart, Louis. 249 & 166 pages. 24 x 18 cm. Twenty-four tinted watercolors (aquarelles) by Louis Icart with two additional suites: one in color and one in black and white printed on Velin D'Arches paper in a Limited Edition, copy 265 of 400. Translation by Gerard de Nerval and printed by Draeger Freres. Another of many sterling book art publications printed in Paris during the German occupation. A brilliant exemplar, printed in red and black, extremely clean and bright with cover glassine over wrappers.
(Inventory #: 15958)