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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1296 - Seewald, Richard The Argonauts.
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Estimate €200 - €300
Description
Seewald, Richard The Argonauts. Retold by Gustav Schwab from the epic by Apollonius. With 43 original lithographs by Richard Seewald (11 full-page plates, frontispiece and colophon signed by the artist). Berlin, Propyläen Verlag, 1923. 74 pp., 1 leaf, 1 blank leaf, 1 leaf in 4° format. Original full leather binding with gold-stamped cover illustration and gold-edged top (worn and scuffed). One of 100 (GA 300) numbered copies of the first edition with the full-page signed lithographs. – Text printed by Gebr. Mann in Berlin; the lithographs printed on F. Bruckmann’s hand press in Munich. – Bookplate on the endpaper.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
Auction location
Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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