Item #1597 Magasban. Költemények. Nagy Sándorék rajzaival. [In the Heights. Poems. Illustrated by Sándor Nagy.]. József Migray.
Magasban. Költemények. Nagy Sándorék rajzaival. [In the Heights. Poems. Illustrated by Sándor Nagy.]
Magasban. Költemények. Nagy Sándorék rajzaival. [In the Heights. Poems. Illustrated by Sándor Nagy.]
With Splendid Hungarian Art nouveau Illustrations

Magasban. Költemények. Nagy Sándorék rajzaival. [In the Heights. Poems. Illustrated by Sándor Nagy.]

Budapest: A Táltos Kiadása, 1918. First edition. Illustrated, limited edition, one of the 50 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper (of a total edition of 350 copies), signed by the author. In publisher’s half leather. Leather, gilt title vignette on spine. Gilt publisher’s stamp on cover. Paste paper endpapers. Upper edge gilt. Untrimmed as published. Pages separated by tracing paper. With 13 large illustrations with coloured background, chapter titles with floral frames. With numerous head and tail pieces, designed by Sándor Nagy. (8), 106, (6) p. Front and back cover sunned at edges. Lower corners slightly bumped with a tiny damage. Front endpaper with a small tear at the gutter. Otherwise in very good condition.

The luxury edition of the scarce Hungarian book of poems with splendid Art Nouveau illustrations by Sándor Nagy.

Sándor Nagy (1868–1950) was one of the founders of the artist colony at Gödöllő, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. He had keen interest in Transylvanian art, and used it to form the unique Hungarian style in modern art.

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Price: €500.00

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