1231 - Klinger, Max. Etchings based on Apuleius’s fairy tale *Cupid and Psyche*. Opus Va (and) Vb. Portfolios I and II. With 24 etchings (20 on rolled China paper). Nuremberg, Theodor Stroefer, ca. 1880. 43 x 32 cm (Folder I) and 46 x 32 cm (Folder II). Loose in 2 original half-linen folders with titles and contents listed on the covers, as well as closing ribbons (1 back cover faded and with light discoloration around the edges, minimally rubbed).

Klinger, Max. Etchings based on Apuleius’s fairy tale *Cupid and Psyche*. Opus Va (and) Vb. Portfolios I and II. With 24 etchings (20 on rolled China paper). Nuremberg, Theodor Stroefer, ca. 1880. 43 x 32 cm (Folder I) and 46 x 32 cm (Folder II). Loose in 2 original half-linen folders with titles and contents listed on the covers, as well as closing ribbons (1 back cover faded and with light discoloration around the edges, minimally rubbed). First edition of the etching series without text and prior to the trimming of the book edition—Folder I contains the full-page etchings. Folder II contains 9 etchings with 32 vignettes. - Singer 64ff: “The enchanting illustrations for *Amor and Psyche* are Klinger’s only etched work that truly illustrates a poet’s text.” - “…how immeasurably superior this illustrated work is to all the magnificent works of the entire 1880s. Had Klinger created only this work, his fame would have been secured for all time.” (Grautoff, *Moderne Buchkunst*, p. 8). - A beautiful and clean copy inside. *