Hand-printed commemorative publication

Roessler, Artur. In Memoriam Gustav Klimt.

Vienna, Officina Vindobonensis, 1926.

8vo. (30) pp. With two initials and vignette of the Officina Vindobonensis. Red endpapers, heightened in gilt. Original giltstamped cloth.

 5,000.00

One of 140 copies of the second book (of a total of only 21) issued by the "Officina Vindobonensis", the private press inaugurated in 1925 by Robert Haas, Carry Hauser, and Fred Siegle. The initials were cut by Haas, the binding was designed by Elisabeth Karlinsky. Printed on handmade paper by Zerkall.

Some browning to first and last leaf as well as to edges, otherwise a perfectly preserved copy of this memorial volume for the great Gustav Klimt.