Werner Bergengruen / Felix Hoffmann

Lot 1001 limit € 60

The three falcons, a novella by Werner Bergengruen, illustrated with 9 original color woodcuts by Felix Hoffmann (1911 Aarau - 1975 ibid., well-known Swiss graphic artist and artist), Frankfurt am Main: Trajanus-Presse, 1956, one-off signed and limited to 350 copies limited edition (68 / 350), elaborately designed: print on Trajanus - handmade paper from Hahnemühle, Dassel, hand binding by Willy Pingel Heidelberg, book design by Gotthard de Beauclair, orig. Half-parchment binding, slipcase, 4°, signs of age and wear (slipcase a bit unfresh but a nice, collectible copy of this successful edition)