Heine henri

1910 · 47004 — Berlin.: Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE. 1910. Original publisher's full vellum front cover with lithograph by Pascin with additional colouring by hand title to spine in black t.e.g. 4to. 312 x 242 mm. Leaf with title with lithograph vignette by Pascin recto justification verso and Heine's text illustrated with 35 lithographs by Pascin of which 9 are signed in pencil and 6 are coloured by hand one double page final leaf with list of the illustrations recto. The édition de tête of Pascin's first illustrated book with an original drawing.From the edition limited to 310 copies with this one of 60 from the édition de tête on Kaiserliches Japan signed by Pascin pencil to the justification; Pascin has signed 9 of the lithographs in pencil and 6 feature additional colouring by hand.The original drawing by Pascin on a sheet of smooth laid paper without watermark 196 x 196 mm is for the second illustration in the book that on page 10. The drawing as per the illustration within a drawn frame is slightly larger than the lithograph version the drawn frame is 178 x 178 mm while the printed version is 146 x 146 mm and in addition also features at upper right a tiny remarque in watercolour: the head of a mouse peeking out of a hole to observe the events of the drawing.'Pascin's first book illustrations. The deceptive simplicity of his drawing recalling German illustration of a hundred years earlier gives the plates a mock innocence.' The Artist and the Book.The Artist and the Book 219. Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE. hardcover