1044 - Homer
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Estimate €400 - €600

Description

Homer Homeric Hymns. (Translated into German by Eduard Mörike). Hamburg, Werkstatt Lerchenfeld, 1923. 68 pp., 1 leaf, 4°. Original full parchment binding (signed: Johannes Gerbers Hamburg) with gold-embossed title on the spine and gold-embossed cover vignette, coloured edge decoration and gold-edged top in an original slipcase (the slipcase is somewhat stained, with light discolouration around the edges and some scuffs). Volume 2 of the ‘Books of the Ages, Hamburg Handprints from the Lerchenfeld Workshop’. – One of 150 (GA 300) copies for the Hamburg Book Lovers’ Society. - Rodenberg 141,3. - The book design was supervised by Johannes Schulz. The printing on the hand press was carried out by Karl Runki. - A fine copy.

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1044 - Homer See original version (German)

1044 - Homer
See original version (German)