first edition Portfolio
1897 · Wien (Vienna)
by Andersen, Hans Christian. Illustrated by Heinrich Lefler
Wien (Vienna): Gesellschaft Fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1897. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good. Lefler, Heinrich. Folio. Frontispiece in color, title leaf and 12 numbered color plates illustrated by Heinrich Lefler with gilt or silver highlights. In cream cloth portfolio with blind-embossed pictorial cover highlighted in gold with printed pictorial olive green wrappers. Some light soiling, corners and wrappers worn. Overall still very good copy of tour-de-force Jugendstil or Vienna Secessionist (Wiener Werkstatte) book. Probably Lefler's very first book illustrations! (Inventory #: 000582)