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XXIV Emblemata (B.155-186)
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Maurits Cornelis Escher
XXIV Emblemata (B.155-186)
booklet, 1932, with verses by A.E. Drijfhout and twenty-eight woodcuts, on folded Van Gelder simili Japon, signed and dedicated on the first inner page in pen and ink Voor Vader en Moeder van Mauk Roma 18-4-'32, stamp numbered 37, from the intended edition of 300, Bool 165 with faint brown ink set over from an unknown source reading in the reverse ROMA 8 DECEMBER [....] illustrated with two winged figures and two stars, the book bound with original raffia binding, slightly worn at the spine, the sheets slightly browned, the covers browned, some foxmarks on the covers and on the sheet edges, three very soft small waterstains on the covers, minor soiling on the covers, otherwise in very good condition
Overall S. 230 x 200 mm.
XXIV Emblemata (B.155-186)
booklet, 1932, with verses by A.E. Drijfhout and twenty-eight woodcuts, on folded Van Gelder simili Japon, signed and dedicated on the first inner page in pen and ink Voor Vader en Moeder van Mauk Roma 18-4-'32, stamp numbered 37, from the intended edition of 300, Bool 165 with faint brown ink set over from an unknown source reading in the reverse ROMA 8 DECEMBER [....] illustrated with two winged figures and two stars, the book bound with original raffia binding, slightly worn at the spine, the sheets slightly browned, the covers browned, some foxmarks on the covers and on the sheet edges, three very soft small waterstains on the covers, minor soiling on the covers, otherwise in very good condition
Overall S. 230 x 200 mm.
Provenance
A relative of the artist
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