Lot no. 692
Wilde, Oscar The priest and the sacristan boy. With two full-page original woodcuts by Ernst Schütte. Hanover, Zweemann Verlag Robert Goldschmidt, 1919. 32 pp. Gr.-8°. OHPgt. with Japan cover (spine browned). Hayn-Gotendorf IX, 630 - One of 100 numbered copies signed by Schütte. - With bookplate of the zoologist Johannes Meisenheimer (1873-1933). - This work was originally attributed to Oscar Wilde, but the presumed author is John Francis Bloxam. In his trial against Queensberry, Wilde denied authorship and labelled the story "tasteless". - Good copy. With two full-page original woodcuts by Ernst Schütte. Orig. half vellum with Japan covers (spine browned). - One of 100 numbered copies signed by Schütte. - With bookplate. - Originally this work was attributed to Oscar Wilde, but the presumed author is John Francis Bloxam. In his trial against Queensberry, Wilde denied authorship and called the story "tasteless". - Good copy.
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14163 Berlin - Germany
04/26/2025
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