THE ADVENTURES OF SIMPLICISSIMUS: Portfolio of 36 SIGNED Prints; Printed from the Original Wood Blocks Signed and Numbered by the Artist, as a Unique Offering for Print Collectors and Members of the Limited Editions Club
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Fritz Eichenberg. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #12 of only 20 portfolios (out of a total edition of 50) with 18 final proofs on Torinoko handmade paper and 18 first proofs on Mohawk Superfine paper, each SIGNED by the artist and numbered. Each print is loose in a plain paper portfolio; the set is accompanied with a folded folio sheet of text (text leaf and portfolio sheets are 16-3/4" x 22"), first proof sheets on Mohawk Superfine (14" x 18-1/4"), final proof sheets on Torinoko (16-1/2" x 21-3/4"). Based on the woodblock illustrations done by Eichenberg for the Limited Editions Club book of the same title, also published in 1981. Housed in publisher's full tan cloth clamshell case, front cover lettered in blind. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Item #019987
Price: $2,500.00