214 - Elskamp, Max. – The Alphabet of Our Lady of the Virgin.
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Estimate €120 - €180

Description

Elskamp, Max. – The Alphabet of Our Lady of the Virgin. Antwerp, J.E. Buschmann for Édition du Conservatoire de La Tradition Populaire, 1901. Quarto, paperback, comprising 58 printed folios and 2 blank folios, with an illustrated front cover and a modern slipcase bearing the title on the spine and front cover. The covers have been reattached; the front cover is torn and stained. Each plate (printed on one side only) was engraved without movable type and thus resembles early incunabula; Each of the 26 letters is accompanied by a short text or a verse on the left-hand page, and on the right-hand page by an engraved illustration, the whole set is set within a border of interlacing patterns and hearts, and highlighted by a repeating floral motif printed in two colours (pink and blue) A print run of 215 copies, comprising 5 on Japanese paper, 10 on Chinese paper, 100 on Dutch paper and 100 on vellum, as advertised. Our copy is printed on laid paper (and not on vellum). A facsimile of a letter sent by the artist to a collector (23 May 1914) summarises the technical process behind this ‘bookish curiosity’.

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214 - Elskamp, Max. – The Alphabet of Our Lady of the Virgin. See original version (French)

214 - Elskamp, Max. – The Alphabet of Our Lady of the Virgin.
See original version (French)