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NIETZSCHE (FRIEDRICH) Also Sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, NUMBER 385 OF 430 COPIES, Leipzig, W. Drugulin for Insel-Verlag, 1908 image 1
NIETZSCHE (FRIEDRICH) Also Sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, NUMBER 385 OF 430 COPIES, Leipzig, W. Drugulin for Insel-Verlag, 1908 image 2
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NIETZSCHE (FRIEDRICH)
Also Sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, NUMBER 385 OF 430 COPIES, Leipzig, W. Drugulin for Insel-Verlag, 1908

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NIETZSCHE (FRIEDRICH)

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, NUMBER 385 OF 430 COPIES, from an overall edition of 530 copies, printed in dark red, gold and black in a type designed by Georges Lemmen and cast under the supervision of Harry Kessler, double-page ornamental title, printed title with vignette, and 4 ornamental part titles, head- and tail-pieces, all printed in dark red and gold after designs by Henry van der Velde, some light offsetting and spotting to first few leaves, publisher's vellum with yapp fore-edges, gilt geometric design on upper cover and title on spine within ornamental frame designed by van de Velde, t.e.g., others uncut, original board slipcase (a little rubbed and soiled), folio, Leipzig, W. Drugulin for Insel-Verlag, 1908

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A classic work of Art Nouveau book design, the result of a fine collaboration betwen the Belgian designer and architect Henry van de Velde and the Anglo-German patron of modern art Harry Graf Kessler.

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