Der Doppelgänger: mit sechzig Bildern [Zeichnungen] von Alfred Kubin [COPY # 258 OF 800]
Author
Dostojewski, F. M. / Kubin, Alfred [Ill.]
Place of Publication
München
Publication Name
R. Piper
Year
ND
Language(s)
German
Description
COPY # 258 from LIMITED EDITION of 800 copies. This book contains sixty b&w drawings by Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (1877-1959), an influential Austrian printmaker, illustrator and occasional writer, considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism movements, and is beautifully bound and extensively gilt. 295x220mm. 243 pages. Dark purple cloth Hardcover with extensive gilt decorations and lettering all over the cover and spine. Page edges gilt. Cover corners worn. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine edges tattered. Spine rear hinge partly cracked. Small sticker residue on rear inner cover upper corner. Small fingerprint stain in pages 1-2 bottom corner. Inner cover edges and pages yellowing, several pages slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]l: This remarkable limited illustrated edition of Dostoyevski`s novel is in good condition.