Lot 484
Booklet by Felix Salten on Gustav Klimt, 1903
Gustav Klimt, gelegentliche Anmerkungen, Felix Salten. Vienna and Leipzig: Wiener Verlag, 1903. German.
A rare booklet by Jewish-Viennese writer Felix Salten (the penname of Siegmund Salzmann), author of "Bambi", about the Viennese painter Gustav Klimt.
The booklet was graphically designed and illustrated by Berthold Löffler, a Viennese artist belonging to the Wiener Secession and a member of the Wiener Werkstätte.
On the top and bottom of each leaf is a decoration in green with a motif taken from the design of the cover and title page.
45, [6] pp. [Leaf before title page missing?], 16 cm. Good condition. Signatures detached from cover. Brittle paper.