Lucians Schriften aus dem Griechischen ubersetzt (8 volumes in 4, complete)
Mannheim: [Loffler] Mit Kaiserl. und Kursachsichen Privilegien, 1783. First edition thus. 12mos; xxii, 280, 264, (4)pp; 268, 228pp; 268, 235pp; 237, 223pp. A charming set, each volume with an engraved title page text vignette. Very Good copies solidly rebound in light green buckram; each volume with gilt compartments to spine with gilt titles on black morocco (some chipping), '1783' at foot. From the library of Paul Huldschinsky, a German-Jewish architect and set decorator. After imprisonment in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938 he fled Nazi Germany in 1939 for California. He won an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for the film 'Gaslight.' (wiki) His charming bookplates grace the front pastedown of each volume. Item #20829
Price: $250.00