Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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ROESCH, Kurt (1905?1984), illustrator. ?? RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875?1926). The Sonnets of Orpheus. New York: [The Golden Eagle Press for] Wittenborn & Co., [1942]. Folio. 9 engravings with etching by Roesch on ?papier de Montval a la main?, EACH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST (some offsetting to text from plates). Original publisher?s light blue paper over boards, gilt?lettered spine, designed by S.A. Jacobs (few tiny spots to covers); original printed paper jacket (spine gently toned); original slipcase (some staining to edges). LIMITED EDITION, number XX of 35 copies printed on Arches, from a total edition of 45, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on limitation. ?One of the first modern American livres de peintres? (The Artist and the Book 235).