Götterdekameron:

ein mythologischer bilderscherz in zwo¨lf bleistiftta¨ndeleien con amore gezeichnet

  • München (Munich): Hof-Buch- & Kunsthandlung Adolf Ackermann, 1881
By Lossow, Heinrich.

München (Munich): Hof-Buch- & Kunsthandlung Adolf Ackermann, 1881. First edition. Good. 33 cm; title leaf and [12] unnumbered plates, mounted on board and housed in portfolio as issued. Green cloth portfolio decorated with gilt sunburst roundel with mounted engraving of Eros doing a handstand. Title and author stamped in black Jugenstil lettering. Pastedowns and flaps in silk weave. Portfolio a little shaken, with some fraying at spine ends and corners, apparently lacking lower flap. Illustrations printed on stock that has yellowed, and mounted on boards that are browned along the edges.

A rare piece of German Jugenstil erotica.

Details

Title

Götterdekameron:

Author

Lossow, Heinrich.

Condition

Good

Publisher

Hof-Buch- & Kunsthandlung Adolf Ackermann: München (Munich)

Date

1881

Edition

First edition


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