Details
A collection of 17 works printed by Die Cranach Presse, comprising:
J. DE ROTONCHAMP. Paul Gauguin. Paris: Harry Graf Kessler for Edouard Druet, 1906. 4° (252 x 190mm). Woodcut title-vignette by Jacques Bertrand. Title by Eric Gill. 8 photogravure plates. (Occasional marking, some spotting on plates, lacking pp.73-96.) contemporary morocco-backed boards, original wrappers bound in. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 302b; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 16--H. VAN DE VELDE. Amo. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1915. 4° (219 x 180mm). Woodcut initials by van de Velde. Original vellum-backed boards (extremities lightly rubbed). NUMBER 172 OF 200 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 21--T. DÄUBLER. Hymne an Venedig. Berlin: Die Cranach Presse for Heinz Barger Verlag, 1916. 4° (314 x 230mm). Original red silk, upper cover with gilt design, dustwrapper and slipcase (dustwrapper and slipcase partially faded). Provenance: inkstamp on title. NUMBER 94 OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 4-page prospectus Die Kriegsdrucke der Cranach Presse Weimar (Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, [?1916]). Müller-Krumbach 26 (dating the work to 1917)--H. VAN DE VELDE. Les Formules de la beauté architectonique moderne. Weimar: [Die Cranach Presse], 1917. 4° (263 x 218mm). Mounted half-tone illustration. (Scattered light spotting.) Original plain grey wrappers, manuscript title on the spine (edges slightly chipped, splits on spine and joints). LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, this unnumbered. Müller-Krumbach 25--W. HERZFELDE. Sulamith. Berlin: Die Cranach Presse for Heinz Barger Verlag, 1917. 4° (266 x 229mm). Original vellum-backed boards by Maria Lühr, covers with design after George Grosz printed in silver (a little rubbed and marked). NUMBER 65 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Müller-Krumbach 27--A. VERWEY. Gedichte. Translated by P. Cronheim. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1917. 4° (246 x 180mm). Later half vellum, original upper wrapper and facsimile of wrapper bound in at the end. LIMITED TO 1,050 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 28--H. KESSLER. Krieg und Zusammenbruch aus Feldpostbriefen 1914-18. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1921. 8° (242 x 162mm). (Copy number erased from limitation leaf.) Contemporary half blue morocco, original lithographic upper wrapper by G.A. Mathéy bound in at end (extremities lightly rubbed). LIMITED TO 130 COPIES FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY. Müller-Krumbach 33--M. GOERTZ. Gedichte. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1922. 4° (227 x 177mm). Woodcut title vignette by Mathéy printed in yellow. Original raw silk by E.A. Enders, upper cover with design after Mathéy, slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 22 OF 20 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Müller-Krumbach 34--H. VON NOSTITZ. Aus dem alten Europa. Menschen und Städte. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1924. 8° (245 x 160mm). Original vellum-backed boards (extremities lightly rubbed). NUMBER 108 OF 150 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 35--P. VALÉRY. Gedichte. Translated by R.M. Rilke. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1925. 8° (270 x 182mm). Woodcut Insel Verlag device, initial and colophon text by Gill. Original vellum-backed boards, upper cover with decorated gilt V after Gill. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 55 OF 400. Gill 326; Müller-Krumbach 38--H.F. SIMON, G. BERNHARD and H. KESSLER. In Memoriam Walther Rathenau. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1925. 8° (267 x 176mm). Title by Gill. Woodcut initial by Gill hand-gilt by Maillol. Original vellum-backed boards (covers lightly scuffed). NUMBER 11 OF 50 COPIES. Gill 325; Müller-Krumbach 39--P. VERGILIUS MARO. Les Éclogues. French translation by M. Lafargue. Paris: Die Cranach Presse for Galerie Druet, 1926. 2° (331 x 255mm). Text in Latin and French. Title with woodcut vignette by Maillol and type by Gill. 42 woodcut illustrations by Maillol, woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Lacking gathering bearing limitation.) Original printed wrappers, upper cover with woodcut vignette by Maillol (lightly marked). LIMITED TO 292 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 250. With a [?prospectus] leaf bearing the title 'Tome I: Les Éclogues ou Bucoliques' with Maillol's woodcut title-vignette. Gill 328; Müller-Krumbach 41--M. LIEBERMANN, H. KESSLER and R. SCHICKELE. In Memoriam Paul Cassirer. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1926. 8° (265 x 177mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece. Title with woodcut press device by Maillol and type by Gill. Woodcut initials by Maillol. (A little spotted.) Original vellum-backed boards, dustwrapper and slipcase (dustwrapper torn on spine, slipcase split on joints). NUMBER 25 OF 75 COPIES. Gill 329; Müller-Krumbach 42--H. VON HOFMANNSTHAL. Der Tod des Tizian. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1928. 8° (255 x 172mm). Woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Variable spotting.) Later gilt red morocco-backed boards. LIMITED TO 231 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 108 OF 225. Gill 392b; Müller-Krumbach 46--M. GOERTZ. Zwei Novellen. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1929. 8° (264 x 178mm). Title by Gill. Woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. Original half vellum. NUMBER 41 OF 60 COPIES. Gill 339; Müller-Krumbach 47--R.M. RILKE. Duineser Elegien: Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated by V. and E. Sackville-West. London and Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for the Hogarth Press and Der Insel Verlag, 1931. Woodcut initials by Gill. Original half vellum (spine a little marked). Provenance: Harriet Janson (bookplate). LIMITED TO 238 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 13 OF 230. Gill 347 (noting that the edition was 250 copies); Müller-Krumbach 54--Canticum canticorum Salomonis. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1931. 8° (258 x 134mm). 11 woodcut illustrations by Gill, woodcut initials by Gill. (Light offsetting from illustrations.) Original half vellum. LIMITED TO 268 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 51 OF 200. With 4-page prospectus Former Publications of The Cranach Presse Weimar ([Weimar: ?1931]). Gill 284; Müller-Krumbach 56. (17)
J. DE ROTONCHAMP. Paul Gauguin. Paris: Harry Graf Kessler for Edouard Druet, 1906. 4° (252 x 190mm). Woodcut title-vignette by Jacques Bertrand. Title by Eric Gill. 8 photogravure plates. (Occasional marking, some spotting on plates, lacking pp.73-96.) contemporary morocco-backed boards, original wrappers bound in. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 302b; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 16--H. VAN DE VELDE. Amo. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1915. 4° (219 x 180mm). Woodcut initials by van de Velde. Original vellum-backed boards (extremities lightly rubbed). NUMBER 172 OF 200 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 21--T. DÄUBLER. Hymne an Venedig. Berlin: Die Cranach Presse for Heinz Barger Verlag, 1916. 4° (314 x 230mm). Original red silk, upper cover with gilt design, dustwrapper and slipcase (dustwrapper and slipcase partially faded). Provenance: inkstamp on title. NUMBER 94 OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 4-page prospectus Die Kriegsdrucke der Cranach Presse Weimar (Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, [?1916]). Müller-Krumbach 26 (dating the work to 1917)--H. VAN DE VELDE. Les Formules de la beauté architectonique moderne. Weimar: [Die Cranach Presse], 1917. 4° (263 x 218mm). Mounted half-tone illustration. (Scattered light spotting.) Original plain grey wrappers, manuscript title on the spine (edges slightly chipped, splits on spine and joints). LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, this unnumbered. Müller-Krumbach 25--W. HERZFELDE. Sulamith. Berlin: Die Cranach Presse for Heinz Barger Verlag, 1917. 4° (266 x 229mm). Original vellum-backed boards by Maria Lühr, covers with design after George Grosz printed in silver (a little rubbed and marked). NUMBER 65 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Müller-Krumbach 27--A. VERWEY. Gedichte. Translated by P. Cronheim. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1917. 4° (246 x 180mm). Later half vellum, original upper wrapper and facsimile of wrapper bound in at the end. LIMITED TO 1,050 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 28--H. KESSLER. Krieg und Zusammenbruch aus Feldpostbriefen 1914-18. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1921. 8° (242 x 162mm). (Copy number erased from limitation leaf.) Contemporary half blue morocco, original lithographic upper wrapper by G.A. Mathéy bound in at end (extremities lightly rubbed). LIMITED TO 130 COPIES FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY. Müller-Krumbach 33--M. GOERTZ. Gedichte. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1922. 4° (227 x 177mm). Woodcut title vignette by Mathéy printed in yellow. Original raw silk by E.A. Enders, upper cover with design after Mathéy, slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 22 OF 20 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Müller-Krumbach 34--H. VON NOSTITZ. Aus dem alten Europa. Menschen und Städte. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1924. 8° (245 x 160mm). Original vellum-backed boards (extremities lightly rubbed). NUMBER 108 OF 150 COPIES. Müller-Krumbach 35--P. VALÉRY. Gedichte. Translated by R.M. Rilke. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1925. 8° (270 x 182mm). Woodcut Insel Verlag device, initial and colophon text by Gill. Original vellum-backed boards, upper cover with decorated gilt V after Gill. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 55 OF 400. Gill 326; Müller-Krumbach 38--H.F. SIMON, G. BERNHARD and H. KESSLER. In Memoriam Walther Rathenau. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1925. 8° (267 x 176mm). Title by Gill. Woodcut initial by Gill hand-gilt by Maillol. Original vellum-backed boards (covers lightly scuffed). NUMBER 11 OF 50 COPIES. Gill 325; Müller-Krumbach 39--P. VERGILIUS MARO. Les Éclogues. French translation by M. Lafargue. Paris: Die Cranach Presse for Galerie Druet, 1926. 2° (331 x 255mm). Text in Latin and French. Title with woodcut vignette by Maillol and type by Gill. 42 woodcut illustrations by Maillol, woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Lacking gathering bearing limitation.) Original printed wrappers, upper cover with woodcut vignette by Maillol (lightly marked). LIMITED TO 292 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 250. With a [?prospectus] leaf bearing the title 'Tome I: Les Éclogues ou Bucoliques' with Maillol's woodcut title-vignette. Gill 328; Müller-Krumbach 41--M. LIEBERMANN, H. KESSLER and R. SCHICKELE. In Memoriam Paul Cassirer. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1926. 8° (265 x 177mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece. Title with woodcut press device by Maillol and type by Gill. Woodcut initials by Maillol. (A little spotted.) Original vellum-backed boards, dustwrapper and slipcase (dustwrapper torn on spine, slipcase split on joints). NUMBER 25 OF 75 COPIES. Gill 329; Müller-Krumbach 42--H. VON HOFMANNSTHAL. Der Tod des Tizian. Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for Der Insel Verlag, 1928. 8° (255 x 172mm). Woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Variable spotting.) Later gilt red morocco-backed boards. LIMITED TO 231 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 108 OF 225. Gill 392b; Müller-Krumbach 46--M. GOERTZ. Zwei Novellen. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1929. 8° (264 x 178mm). Title by Gill. Woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. Original half vellum. NUMBER 41 OF 60 COPIES. Gill 339; Müller-Krumbach 47--R.M. RILKE. Duineser Elegien: Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated by V. and E. Sackville-West. London and Leipzig: Die Cranach Presse for the Hogarth Press and Der Insel Verlag, 1931. Woodcut initials by Gill. Original half vellum (spine a little marked). Provenance: Harriet Janson (bookplate). LIMITED TO 238 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 13 OF 230. Gill 347 (noting that the edition was 250 copies); Müller-Krumbach 54--Canticum canticorum Salomonis. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, 1931. 8° (258 x 134mm). 11 woodcut illustrations by Gill, woodcut initials by Gill. (Light offsetting from illustrations.) Original half vellum. LIMITED TO 268 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 51 OF 200. With 4-page prospectus Former Publications of The Cranach Presse Weimar ([Weimar: ?1931]). Gill 284; Müller-Krumbach 56. (17)
Special notice
This lot will not be subject to VAT either on the hammer price or the buyer's premium.