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Marsyas

A bimonthly magazine. Edited by Theodor Tagger. 6 volumes. 1st year (all published)

Berlin, Heinrich Hochstimm 1917-1919

41 x 30 cm. 12,495 pages. With 84 original prints, 21 of which are signed. Illustrated original brochures in original folders. A complete copy of Expressionism's most luxurious magazine, which cost the exorbitant sum of 600 gold marks even as a subscription. With 84 original prints, including works by Max Pechstein (6), Hans Meid (7), Georg Tappert (4, 1 of which is hand-colored), Willy Geiger (5), Walter Gramatté (5), Robert Genin (5), Pellegrini, Grossmann, Jaeckel, Scharff, Spiro, Plünnecke, and Stein. The literary contributions are just as important as the prints. Among them are many first editions of works by such important poets as Franz Kafka, Oskar Loerke, Alfred Döblin, Hermann Hesse, and Hugo von Goethe. Hofmannsthal, Stefan Zweig, et al. Printed in 200 numbered copies on laid paper, extremely rare today. Immaculately preserved. Enclosed is the subscription advertisement, 11 pages with four original etchings. - Raabe 35. - Lang p. 78 in detail. - Jentsch 32. - Söhn 138.

9,800,- €

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