Lot 64
Early Illustrated Books

1920s
Paper, canvas
21 x 14 x 3,5 cm (h x w x d)
Marked on back endpaper: "Wiener Werkstätte"

Starting price

10 000 CZK
| 392 €

Price realized

19 000 CZK
| 745 €

price without premium

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The exceptionally interesting and influential Early Illustrated Books by bibliographer and Shakespeare scholar Alfred William Pollard (1859-1944) is valued particularly for its study of prints and incunables. I A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries The Decoration of Books by A. W. Pollard / MDCCCXCIII. Books in Manuscript. by Falconer Madan / Early Printed Books by E. Gordon Duff.