3410550. ALBERT ENGSTRÖM FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT ENGSTRÖM'S ORIGINAL DEBUT A GOLDEN BOOK IN 1896.
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3410550. ALBERT ENGSTRÖM FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT ENGSTRÖM'S ORIGINAL DEBUT A GOLDEN BOOK IN 1896.
Description
Engström, Albert, Swedish writer and artist, (1869-1940). [Biblos dxymorotaton (in Greek letters)] Thet ähr: A GOLDEN BOOK about tuchtig ursinnigheet and [annksdnyion (in Greek letters)] thet a party til äwentyr's call unskippeligit. Idiomate Stultividomastige Nobilissimis Juxtaq: literis & moribus Cultissimis adolescentibus conscriptus et exhibitus by Alberto Engstroem. Holmiae. Typical variis. Anno in 1896. 4:o in a cardboard band with a protective cover illustrated with a skull. Richly and ingeniously illustrated also with some plates in color. Not paginated, but 60 sheets.
Original edition of Albert Engström's debut book.
Provenance: Helmer Långs, Swedish writer, literary scholar and teacher. In 2004 he was awarded the Albert Engström Prize.
Condition
Band in good condition. The protective cover with tears and paper losses at the edges. The inlay uniformly toned.
3410550. ALBERT ENGSTRÖM FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT ENGSTRÖM'S ORIGINAL DEBUT A GOLDEN BOOK IN 1896.
Description
Engström, Albert, Swedish writer and artist, (1869-1940). [Biblos dxymorotaton (in Greek letters)] Thet ähr: A GOLDEN BOOK about tuchtig ursinnigheet and [annksdnyion (in Greek letters)] thet a party til äwentyr's call unskippeligit. Idiomate Stultividomastige Nobilissimis Juxtaq: literis & moribus Cultissimis adolescentibus conscriptus et exhibitus by Alberto Engstroem. Holmiae. Typical variis. Anno in 1896. 4:o in a cardboard band with a protective cover illustrated with a skull. Richly and ingeniously illustrated also with some plates in color. Not paginated, but 60 sheets.
Original edition of Albert Engström's debut book.
Provenance: Helmer Långs, Swedish writer, literary scholar and teacher. In 2004 he was awarded the Albert Engström Prize.
Condition
Band in good condition. The protective cover with tears and paper losses at the edges. The inlay uniformly toned.