223 - [DALI (Salvador)] GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust. Translated by Gérard de Nerval. n.p. [Geneva & Paris], Grafik Europa Anstalt / Atelier Robbe, 1969. A folio-sized volume in loose-leaf format, housed in a purple cloth slipcase and box from the publisher, illustrated with designs based on Dalí’s work, and a companion volume in loose-leaf format housed in a burgundy slipcase with a drawstring, bearing a gold-embossed facsimile of Dalí’s signature. A fine copy.

[DALI (Salvador)] GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust. Translated by Gérard de Nerval. n.p. [Geneva & Paris], Grafik Europa Anstalt / Atelier Robbe, 1969. A folio-sized volume in loose-leaf format, housed in a purple cloth slipcase and box from the publisher, illustrated with designs based on Dalí’s work, and a companion volume in loose-leaf format housed in a burgundy slipcase with a drawstring, bearing a gold-embossed facsimile of Dalí’s signature. A fine copy. The illustrations by Salvador Dalí consist of 21 original copper plates engraved using drypoint, ruby, and diamond techniques, including 11 full-page plates outside the text bearing the publisher’s stamp with Dalí’s imprint. Limited edition of 293 numbered copies, each bearing Salvador Dalí’s autograph signature and the publisher’s seal bearing Dalí’s imprint. This copy, one of 25 on pearlescent Japanese paper (No. 13), is accompanied by three sets: 1/ a set of insert plates on silk 2/ a set of black-and-white insert plates 3/ a set of color insert plates. The first two sets are kept in the publisher’s separate portfolio; the color set is inserted following the text.