Farmer, Karl Collection of 25 lithographs with portraits of poets, playwrights and writers. On various types of paper (wove paper and laid paper), partly grey or chamois-coloured and textured. Sheet dimensions approx. 38 x 23 cm to 68 x 49 m each. Partly signed and occasionally dated by hand, partly signed or monogrammed and dated in the stone. Occasionally mounted in dots on light card. In the lower margin partly with hs. Dedication or further hs. Inscription. Contains portraits of: Stefan George (with doublet), Dante Alighieri, Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Schiller, William Shakespeare (with doublet), Eduard Mörike, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Heine, Hugo v. Hofmannsthal a.o. - One work with dedication in manuscript by the artist to Gerhart Hauptmann. Dedication by the artist to Gerhart Hauptmann. - Partly delicately browned due to the paper, some staining and creases in the margins, some with short tears, a few sheets also with larger tears and tears, one sheet spotty, some with delicate brown staining or with individual pale brown spots. Overall in good condition due to age. Excellent, chalky and rich impressions. Collection of 25 lithographs with portraits of poets, dramatists and authors. On various types of paper (wove and laid paper), some grey or buff and textured. Sheet dimensions approx. 38 x 23 cm to 68 x 49 m each. Partly signed and occasionally dated by hand, partly signed or monogrammed and dated in the stone. Occasionally spot-mounted to light card. In the lower margin partly with handwritten dedication or further handwritten inscription in lower margin. - Contains portraits of: Stefan George (with duplicate), Dante Alighieri, Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Schiller, William Shakespeare (with duplicate), Eduard Mörike, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Heine, Hugo v. Hofmannsthal and others - One work with handwritten dedication to Gerhart Hauptmann. - Partly delicately browned due to the paper, some staining and creases in the margins, some ll. with short tears in the margins, a few sheets also with larger tears and losses, one sheet mould spotted, some with delicate brown spotting or with individual pale brown spots. Overall in good condition due to age. Excellent, chalky and rich impressions.