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Rewolucja w Niemczech [“Revolution in Germany.”] Polish text by Julian Tuwim.

Auction 85 · Lot 188

Rewolucja w Niemczech [“Revolution in Germany.”] Polish text by Julian Tuwim.

Estimate
$3,000–$5,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(SZYK, ARTHUR).

printer

Ksiazka i Sztuka

Place

Lodz - Warsaw

Publication

1919

Description

FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by Szyk throughout.

summary

Scarce first edition of the first work completely illustrated by Arthur Szyk. A political satire by the celebrated Polish poet Julian Tuwim, mocking the German nation and its extreme ethnocenterism in the aftermath of World War I. See J.P. Ansell, Arthur Szyk: Artist, Jew, Pole (2004) pp. 23-6.
pp. (30). Original pictorial wrappers bound with burgundy cord, light wear. Oblong 4to.
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