146 - Antinous Presse - Thomas Mann. Death in Venice. Unterreit near Wasserburg, 1993. Includes eight signed etchings by Kurt Steinel. Original half-leather binding (signed: R. Meuter, Ascona). Spine title and head edge gilded. Comes with the half-leather portfolio of etchings in its original slipcase with leather-edged sides.

Antinous Presse - Thomas Mann. Death in Venice. Unterreit near Wasserburg, 1993. Includes eight signed etchings by Kurt Steinel. Original half-leather binding (signed: R. Meuter, Ascona). Spine title and head edge gilded. Comes with the half-leather portfolio of etchings in its original slipcase with leather-edged sides. Auction start time: approx. 1:24 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Fourth printing by Antinous Presse. - One of 20 special edition copies “e. a.” featuring an additional signed extra suite of all eight etchings, bound in half-leather. - Signed in the colophon by the artist as well as by Wolfgang Koeppen and Terence James Reed, the authors of the foreword and afterword. - Set in the Centaur-Antiqua Bible typeface by SchumacherGebler, printed at the Haag-Drugulin press on Hahnemühle handmade paper, with paragraph marks (Venetian lion) printed in blue. - The text follows the first printing in the *Neue Deutsche Rundschau* from 1912; variations from the “Hundertdruck” and subsequent editions are commented on in detail. 38.5 × 32.0 cm. 95, [5] pages. 8 etchings. - Cover linings slightly discolored over the leather, likely from bookbinder’s glue.