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Slevogt. - Ponte, Lorenzo there. Don Juan

A lighthearted drama in two acts by Lorenzo da Ponte. With twenty drawings by Max Slevogt, woodcut by Reinhold Hoberg. Libretto from the Printing House of the Deaf and Mute, Vienna 1788

Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt 1921.

34.5 x 26.5 cm. 130 pages. With 20 drawings by Max Slevogt. The first full-size image and the dedication page are signed by the artist. Red original leather binding with black spine label and gilt head edge. In original slipcase. One of 30 Roman-numbered copies of the deluxe edition on heavy white laid paper. Made by Van Gelder en Zonen and bound by hand in red morocco leather. The illustrations for "Don Juan" are undoubtedly among Slevogt's most important works. The dedication page and the first full-size image in this edition are signed by Max Slevogt. The work belongs to the fourth series of "New Picture Books" published by Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin. Immaculately preserved. Söhn 381-404. Rodenberg 394-395.

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