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Sale 61
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Schubert, Otto. Bilderbüch fürTyll und Nele. Munich: Marees Gesellschaft, 1920, Number 6 of 235 copies on handmade rag paper. 20" x 14", vellum spine and tan boards with title in black and embossed vignette; string ties at spine are broken and boards are rubbed and worn. With 23 large, full-page color woodcuts of a variety of animals, both wild and domestic, by painter and graphic artist Otto Schubert (1872-1972). A vivid picture book for children with Expressionist influence, the illustrations include circus bears with their trainer, a lion attacking a zebra, a hunter mounted on an elephant about to spear a tiger; swans, a red fox, monkeys at play in the wild and behind bars, exotic birds, a rhino, flamingoes, camels, a giraffe, and numerous others. The rhymes appear in white German script--under, over and sometimes within the illustrations. Some scattered foxing in the margins, some of which have edge or corner tears, the first four illustrations being the most affected; none of these edge problems affect the wonderful images, which look as vivid as they did in 1920. One of the most original children's books of the 20th century.
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000.
The property of a lady who received the book as a child in Vienna.
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