Description: Hardcover, in-folio, 32 x 23.5 cm, bound in dark blue morocco, boards and spine richly decorated in gilt, front cover gilt-lettered in Chinese [幽王寵褒姒], pictorial endpapers, laid paper with unicorn watermark, margins uncut, printing performed by Joh. Enschedé (Haarlem), pp. [10] 1-210 [6], total 226 pages, collated π5 1-532 χ2, first and last leaves blank, total 113 leaves plus 7 plates after Franz von Bayros, some signed; adorned with woodcut borders, frames, head- and tailpieces throughout. The binding work was done by Hübel und Denck (Leipzig) based on designs by Paul Renner.
Title-page: DAS | SCHÖNE | MÄDCHEN | VON PAO | — | EIN CHINESISCHER | ROMAN VON | OTTO JULIUS BIERBAUM | — | PRACHTAUSGABE | MIT BILDERN VON BAYROS | — | Bei Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in | Haarlem gedruckt für Georg | Müllers Verlag in München ||
Catalogue raisonné: The amorous drawings of the Marquis von Bayros. — New York: Cythera Press, 1968. The Beautiful Maiden of Pao, pp. 153-8.
Contributors:
Otto Julius Bierbaum (German, 1865 – 1910) – author.
Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866 – 1924) – artist.
Johannes Enschedé (Dutch, 1708 – 1780) – printer.
Joh. Enschedé (Haarlem) – printer.
Hübel und Denck (Leipzig) – bookbinder.
Paul Friedrich August Renner (German, 1878 – 1956) – designer.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Media/Technique | Laid paper , Paper |
| Subject | 20th century , Fiction , German literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1910 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Binding | Full morocco , Hardcover , Hübel und Denck (Leipzig) , Renner, Paul (German, 1878 – 1956) |
| Size | Folio |
| Catalogue raisonne | The amorous drawings of the Marquis von Bayros (1968) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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