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an old book with a decorative design on the coveran open book with a picture of a man in a hat and a bookmarkan open book with a black and white drawing of a man and a woman
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Estimate €700 - €900
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Budko, Joseph Heine, Heinrich The Rabbi of Bacharach. With 6 original woodcuts (including frontispiece and title page) by Joseph Budko, 5 of which are signed. Berlin, Euphorion-Verlag, 1921. 4 unnumbered leaves. (endpapers), 88 (2, printed verso) pp., 4 unnumbered leaves (rear endpapers). Small 8°. Dark brown, smoothed OEcrasé leather (marked ‘Euphorion Einband Hübel & Denck, Leipzig’) over five decorative bands with the title and date gold-stamped on a mauve inlaid background, richly ornamented gilt on the cover and spine; the front cover features three mauve inlaid squares, plus gilded fillets along the inner edges, gilded head edge and ribbon bookmark (spine and joints partly expertly restored, somewhat rubbed and with slight scuff marks). In a new paper slipcase. No. 85 of 120 copies with woodcuts signed by the artist (GA 320). - Sennewald 21,1. - Wilhelm/Galley I, 543. - Horodisch 13, fig. Plate IV. - A book-artistically valuable edition of Heinrich Heine’s fragmentary narrative from 1824, featuring expressionist woodcuts including three illustrated initials by Budko, here in bold prints with intense blacks. - The elegant typesetting, retaining a slender, wide-margin layout, and the rich printing on voluminous, wide-margined Zanders handmade paper (with the ‘Einhorn’ watermark) were carried out by Otto von Holten, Berlin. - Endpapers slightly mottled with glue at the edges, with occasional light foxing; otherwise a well-preserved, untrimmed on both sides copy of this extremely collectable rarity: the elegant, hand-bound volume by Hübel & Denck, signed in the footbar of the rear endpaper, well protected by the slipcase. No. 85 of 120 copies with woodcuts signed by the artist (out of a total print run of 320). Bound in a dark brown, smoothed original publisher’s ecrasé leather binding (signed ‘Euphorion Einband Hübel & Denck, Leipzig’) over five decorative bands with gilt-embossed title and date on the spine, partly on a mauve inlaid background, richly ornamented gilt cover and spine, the front cover featuring three mauve inlaid squares, gilt fillets at the inner margins, a gilt top edge and a bookmark ribbon (spine and joints partly expertly restored, somewhat rubbed and with light scratches). In a new paper slipcase. – An artistically valuable edition of Heinrich Heine’s fragmentary tale from 1824, with expressionist woodcuts by Budko including three illustrated initials, here in bold impressions of great intensity in the blacks. - Otto von Holten, Berlin, was responsible for the elegant typesetting and rich printing on voluminous, wide-margined Zanders laid paper (bearing the unicorn watermark). - Endpapers with slight shelf wear at the margins and occasional light foxing; otherwise a well-preserved copy with deckle edges on two margins of this highly collectable rarity; the exclusive hand-bound volume by Hübel & Denck is gilt-signed at the bottom of the rear endpaper and well protected by the slipcase. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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