Aus den Memoiren de Herr von Schnabelewopsky.
by PASCIN, Jules (Julius Pincas). Heine, Henri
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About This Item
Berlin.: Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE., 1910.. Original publisher's full vellum, front cover with lithograph by Pascin with additional colouring by hand, title to spine in black, t.e.g.. 4to. (312 x 242 mm).. Leaf with title with lithograph vignette by Pascin recto, justification verso and Heine's text illustrated with 35 lithographs by Pascin, of which 9 are signed in pencil and 6 are coloured by hand (one double page), final leaf with list of the illustrations recto. The édition de tête of Pascin's first illustrated book with an original drawing.From the edition limited to 310 copies, with this one of 60 from the édition de tête on Kaiserliches Japan, signed by Pascin pencil to the justification; Pascin has signed 9 of the lithographs in pencil and 6 feature additional colouring by hand.The original drawing by Pascin, on a sheet of smooth laid paper without watermark (196 x 196 mm), is for the second illustration in the book, that on page 10. The drawing, as per the illustration, within a drawn frame is slightly larger than the lithograph version (the drawn frame is 178 x 178 mm while the printed version is 146 x 146 mm) and, in addition, also features (at upper right) a tiny remarque in watercolour: the head of a mouse peeking out of a hole to observe the events of the drawing.'Pascin's first book illustrations. The deceptive simplicity of his drawing, recalling German illustration of a hundred years earlier, gives the plates a mock innocence.' (The Artist and the Book).[The Artist and the Book 219].
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- Bookseller
- Sims Reed Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47004
- Title
- Aus den Memoiren de Herr von Schnabelewopsky.
- Author
- PASCIN, Jules (Julius Pincas). Heine, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's full vellum, front cover with lithograph by Pascin with additional colouring by hand, title to spine in bla
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE.
- Place of Publication
- Berlin.
- Date Published
- 1910.
- Pages
- [52 leaves; pp. 83, (1)]..
- Size
- 4to. (312 x 242 mm).
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.