Jens Peter Jacobsen/Alois Kolb - Die Pest in Bergamo - 1922
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Die Pest in Bergamo by Jens Peter Jacobsen and Alois Kolb, translated by Leo Johannes Feddersen, is a limited, numbered 1922 edition (no. 214) of 54 pages, bound in half vellum, with 11 etchings by Kolb, published by Avalun Verlag in Wien/Leipzig, and hand-signed by the artist in excellent condition.
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Pest in Bergamo – Jens Peter Jacobsen / Alois Kolb, Translation by Leo Johannes Feddersen
11 etchings by Alois Kolb (5 full-page)
Avalun Verlag - Vienna / Leipzig
1922. Original edition of 400 numbered copies
This is no. 214, hand-signed by the artist.
Small folio (30.5 × 23.5 cm), half parchment
The original engravings were printed under the artist’s supervision on a hand press at the State Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Publishing in Leipzig.
The layout and the printing of the text were executed in Walbaum-Antiqua type on handmade paper, under the direction of Professor Georg A. Mather in the laboratories of the State Academy. The binding was handmade in H. Sperling’s atelier in Leipzig.
Excellent condition.
Alois Kolb (1875-1942) was a great engraver of the Art Deco period. In the 1922 edition of Die Pest in Bergamo, his engravings are not mere illustrations, but original works of graphic art.
Pest in Bergamo – Jens Peter Jacobsen / Alois Kolb, Translation by Leo Johannes Feddersen
11 etchings by Alois Kolb (5 full-page)
Avalun Verlag - Vienna / Leipzig
1922. Original edition of 400 numbered copies
This is no. 214, hand-signed by the artist.
Small folio (30.5 × 23.5 cm), half parchment
The original engravings were printed under the artist’s supervision on a hand press at the State Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Publishing in Leipzig.
The layout and the printing of the text were executed in Walbaum-Antiqua type on handmade paper, under the direction of Professor Georg A. Mather in the laboratories of the State Academy. The binding was handmade in H. Sperling’s atelier in Leipzig.
Excellent condition.
Alois Kolb (1875-1942) was a great engraver of the Art Deco period. In the 1922 edition of Die Pest in Bergamo, his engravings are not mere illustrations, but original works of graphic art.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Illustrated
Book title
Die Pest in Bergamo
Author/ Illustrator
Jens Peter Jacobsen/Alois Kolb
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1922
Height
30.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Limited edition, Numbered edition
Width
23.5 cm
Language
German
Original language
No
Publisher
Avalun Verlag - Wien/Leipzig
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Extras
Signed by illustrator
Number of pages
54
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