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122 - Ernst Ludwig-Presse - Rainer Maria Rilke. *The Book of Images*. Leipzig, Insel, 1913. Original yellow morocco binding. Cover vignette, spine title, and head edge gilded (signed: KGS Weimar). With gray-blue-yellow Japanese endpapers.
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Ernst Ludwig-Presse - Rainer Maria Rilke. *The Book of Images*. Leipzig, Insel, 1913. Original yellow morocco binding. Cover vignette, spine title, and head edge gilded (signed: KGS Weimar). With gray-blue-yellow Japanese endpapers. Auction start time: approx. 1:10 p.m. (schedule subject to change) 19th book published by the Ernst Ludwig Press. - One of 50 copies of the special edition on Japanese paper and bound by the Weimar School of Applied Arts (total print run: 300) - The first three printings of the poetry collection were published in 1902 and 1906 by Axel Juncker Verlag, Berlin.- The cover design proposed by F. W. Kleukens was rejected by Kippenberg. - Acquired at our Auction 22, January 2021 (book collection of the Achilles Foundation, Hamburg). - Very rare and in excellent condition. Stürz 19. - ELP 45. - Rodenberg 76. - Schauer II, 64. - Sarkowski 1337 24.1 × 16.1 cm. [4], 205, [15] pages.
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Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2Auction house
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