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€ 100 - 200
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At auction on Thursday 25 June 2026 at 15:00
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Milan, Modernissima, 1920. In 8vo. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text by Gio Ponti, first issue detached, elegant editorial binding in hard cardboard with an Art Deco design, some small losses and slight signs of aging. § By the same publisher: Maeterlinck M., Il massacro degli innocenti , Milan, Modernissima, 1920. § Also in the lot: Wilde O., The Sphinx, London, privately printed, 1901. In 8vo. Copy no. 64 of a limited edition of 300 copies.
Specialist Notes
Work I: A rare first Italian edition of one of Oscar Wilde's (1854-1900) most visionary poems, embellished with elegant illustrations by the celebrated Milanese designer Gio Ponti. The Italian translation is by Alessandro Chiavolini, also known for translating authors such as Anatole France, Pierre Louÿs, and Rudyard Kipling. The volume met with considerable public acclaim, so much so that a second printing was issued in 1923, the final year of the publishing house Modernissima, founded in 1919 by Icilio Bianchi.
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