Tartuffe or the Hypocrite [SIGNED]
Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Signed on colophon H. Steiner-Prag. 1277/1500. Folio. 117 (2)pp. Original tan quarter cloth over Japanese rice paper-covered boards with embossed portrait and blind-stamped lettering on cover, brown lettering on spine, with plain tan dustjacket; housed in plain cardboard slipcase with printed label on spine. Illustrated title page. Verse translation by Curtis Hidden Page, introduction by Brander Matthews and lithographs, head-, endpieces and full page illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Pages with interpretive notes laid in. DJ rubbed with closed tear at top right of front cover and small chip in middle of spine. Slipcase with top panel missing and and lower panel attached only at back, browned and some wear along edges. Binding with light wear along edges, bumped at lower right corner and head of spine. Uncut at foredge and bottom. Slight age-toning along edges. Slipcase in poor, dj in good-, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition. poor to vg. Item #39734
Price: $75.00