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Salomé [FIRST CATALAN EDITION, WITH SIGNED ART NOUVEAU BINDING]
by Wilde, Oscar (Text by); Joaquim Pena (Translated into Catalan by); Adrià Gual (Illustrations by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g- to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Barcelona: Llibreria A. Verdaguer / Fidel Giró, 1908. First Catalan edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). 80, [4]pp. Striking contemporary Art Nouveau binding in full crushed morocco, signed by J. M. Romeo. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All paper edges gilt and marbled. Original decorative red wrappers bound in. Illustrated title in red lettering. Hand-colored decorative headpieces and tailpiece. Book housed in its original morocco lined marbled paper covered slipcase.
This striking first Catalan-language edition of Oscar Wilde's tragedy in one act "Salome" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 6 partly hand-colored headpieces, and one tailpiece by Catalan artist Adrià Gual.
"Salome" tells the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrach Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.
Slipcase partly rubbed along edges. Binding with front cover partly discolored. Text in Catalan. Slipcase in overall good, binding in good- to good, interior in very good condition.
This striking first Catalan-language edition of Oscar Wilde's tragedy in one act "Salome" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 6 partly hand-colored headpieces, and one tailpiece by Catalan artist Adrià Gual.
"Salome" tells the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrach Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.
Slipcase partly rubbed along edges. Binding with front cover partly discolored. Text in Catalan. Slipcase in overall good, binding in good- to good, interior in very good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44710
- Title
- Salomé [FIRST CATALAN EDITION, WITH SIGNED ART NOUVEAU BINDING]
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar (Text by); Joaquim Pena (Translated into Catalan by); Adrià Gual (Illustrations by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Catalan edition
- Publisher
- Llibreria A. Verdaguer / Fidel Giró
- Place of Publication
- Barcelona
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Oscar Wilde's works, plays. Tragedy. Art Nouveau binding
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Gilt
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