Lot 442
Jedermann – Hugo von Hofmannsthal –Edition of 25 Copies – Vienna, 1922
Jedermann, Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes, Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Vienna and Leipzig: Avalun, 1922. German.
Large-format book containing the morality play by playwright and writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal and thirteen original woodcuts by artist Erwin Lang, 9 of them full-page. Numbered copy, XIX/XXV of the best-quality edition.
The nine large woodcuts are signed in pencil by the artist; the colophon is signed by both the author and the artist. This limited edition also contains a portfolio with a title page and nine woodcuts, also signed by the artist.
Book - 64, [6] pp., portfolio - [9] pp., 54 cm. Very good condition. Very light damage to binding corners.
