The Tempest
München: Julius Schröder Verlag, 1921. Limited Deluxe Edition (Vorzugsausgabe). Hardcover. 1/205 copies, signed in pencil on limitation page by German painter & graphic artist, Adolph Schinnerer. Large 4to. 98pp. Decorative gold-stamped Japan vellum with vellum stitching on spine and beveled gilt-stamped dentelles. Hand bound by Buchbinderei Knorr & Hirth, München. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Illustrated title-page. Decorative headpieces and publisher's watermark throughout. Scarce deluxe edition of Shakespeare's famous comedy "The Tempest." Illustrated with 26 full-page and in-text etchings by Adolph Schinnerer. Etchings, title page and colophon protected by tissue guard. Printed on high-quality "rheinischen Bütten." Boards bowed. Small stain on front board. Sporadic foxing throughout. Heavier foxing at endpapers. Minor creasing to few tissue-guards. Overall good to good+ condition. Scarce deluxe edition with etchings by one of the founding members of the "Neuen Sezession." Item #31815
Price: $450.00