February 17, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
  Lot 38
 

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[Art] [Bakst, Leon]
Leon Bakst

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, (1927). First and limited edition, #69/330 numbered copies. Folio. 41, (1) pp. Illustrated with 42 plates with lettered tissue guards (19 in full or partial pochoir and hand-coloring), and six mounted in-text color plates. Original quarter faux vellum over brown boards, stamped in gilt, faded along top front and rear board edge, small abrasion at top front board edge; some plates starting; small tidemark in top gutter edge of all text leaves; old ownership signature at top of front free endpaper.

Scarce first and limited edition of Bakst's work, featuring beautifully pochoir and hand-colored prints, in rich and unusually bright color.

Sold for $1,197
Estimated at $800 - $1,200


 

Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, (1927). First and limited edition, #69/330 numbered copies. Folio. 41, (1) pp. Illustrated with 42 plates with lettered tissue guards (19 in full or partial pochoir and hand-coloring), and six mounted in-text color plates. Original quarter faux vellum over brown boards, stamped in gilt, faded along top front and rear board edge, small abrasion at top front board edge; some plates starting; small tidemark in top gutter edge of all text leaves; old ownership signature at top of front free endpaper.

Scarce first and limited edition of Bakst's work, featuring beautifully pochoir and hand-colored prints, in rich and unusually bright color.

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