
T.E. LAWRENCE AND THE CORVINUS PRESS
Lot 221•
CORVINUS PRESS ZWEIG (STEFAN) George Frederick Handel's Resurrection. Auferstehung Georg Friedrich Handels, NUMBER 11 OF ONLY 32 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Corvinus Press, 1938
19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
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CORVINUS PRESS
ZWEIG (STEFAN) George Frederick Handel's Resurrection. Auferstehung Georg Friedrich Handels, NUMBER 11 OF ONLY 32 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM VISCOUNT CARLOW, text in English and German, title-page and initial letters designed and arranged by Berthold Wolpe, printed in black and red, original crushed morocco, gilt-blocked illustration in centre of each cover, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. [Nash & Flavell 27], 4to, Corvinus Press, 1938
Footnotes
"The cuts, factotums, and general influence in the design of Bertholde Wolpe make this one of the most handsome of Carlow's books. The binding, with Wolpe's splendid phoenix cut, is particularly fine" (Nash and Flavell).
Provenance: George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941), presentation inscription "For Lord Lloyd with ever grateful thanks from Carlow" on the front free endpaper. George Lionel Seymour Dawson-Damer, Viscount Carlow (1907–1944) was the proprietor of the Corvinus Press; by descent to the present owner.