SLEVOGT, MAX – DIE INSELN WAK WAK. Eine Erzählung... Lot n° 10049

Berlin, Bei Bruno Cassirer, [ca. 1921], [4],146,[1] pp. With lithogr. title-vignette & 56 lithogr. text-ills. (of which 1 full-p.) by MAX SLEVOGT. Folio (ca. 41,5 x 31,5 cm.), orig. dec. SILK (des. by Max Slevogt), spine with blue morocco letterpiece, top edge gilt, in a cardboard slipcase. [SLEVOGT, MAX] – DIE INSELN WAK WAK. Eine Erzählung aus 1001 Nacht. Mit 54[=57] Steinzeichnungen von Max Slevogt. [German transl. by F.P. Greve]. ¶ Printed in 360 Arabic numb. copies on handmade paper (“Handbütten”). Text printed by W. Drugulin (Leipzig) & lithographs printed by M.W. Lassally (Berlin). SIGNED in pencil by MAX SLEVOGT (in the colophon). First edition of a German translation by the German-born Canadian author Frederick Philip Grove (=Felix Paul Greve, 1879-1948) of a tale from “One Thousand and One Nights” (also known as “The Arabian Nights”) illustrated with 57 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS (incl. 1 duplicate) by the German artist MAX SLEVOGT (1868-1932). – In fine condition (due to the protection of blind wrappers around the binding) with only a few small imperfections to the slipcase (partly worn/ discol.).