Das Buch Jona (Signed by Zimpel and Birnbaum).
Zimpel, Julius & Uriel Birnbaum.
1/300. Folio. Unpaginated (40pp). Professionally rebacked and rebound to style, retaining the original expressionist graphic cover label. Binding protected by mylar jacket. Modern endpapers. Illustrated title-page. Decorative initials. This numbered edition is a manually printed facsimile of Julius Zimpel's calligraphically handwritten copy of the Book of Jona. Signed in pencil by Julius Zimpel and Uriel Birnbaum on limitation page. Illustrated with 17 lithographs by Birnbaum. Text in German, gothic script by Julius Zimpel. "Dieses Buch erschien im "Verlag Neuer Graphik" der Rikola Verlag A. G. Es wurde auf den Stein gezeichnet von Uriel Birnbaum und geschrieben von Julius Zimpel. Den Handpressendruck der einmaligen numerierten Auflage von 300 Exemplaren besorgte A. Berger." Austrian painter, caricaturist, writer, and poet Uriel Birnbaum (1894-1956) created 'Das Buch Jona' during his recuperation from a severe wound he incurred in WW I. Last two leafs creased near lower right corner, otherwise a tight copy in near fine condition.
Edition: Limited Edition
Book ID: 24131
Price: $725.00