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Andersen, Hans Christian

The Garden of Paradise. With four hand-colored original woodcuts by Alexander Olbricht

Berlin, Otto v. Holten 1920

30.8 x 25.7 cm. 32 pages. Original half-vellum binding with illustrated front cover title and gilt head edge. One of 20 numbered copies of the deluxe edition on Zander laid paper. Only in this edition were the three full-page woodcuts and the title vignette hand-colored by Alexander Olbricht in magnificent colors. The imprint is signed by the artist. The book was published at the instigation of Marcus Behmer, with whom Alexander Olbricht had a close friendship since 1902. Extremely rare and immaculately preserved.

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