- Wrs. trifle yellowed/ foxed. = Bool 302; Iaquinta p.28.
= Bool 150, 154, 271 and 273; Iaquinta p.28, 8, 26 and 27. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
IN: Halcyon. Driemaandelijksch Tijdschrift voor Boek-, Druk- en Prentkunst. The Hague, A.A.M. Stols, 1940-1942, 12 issues in 9 parts, printed (fold.) leaves, booklets and quires, orig. unif. paper portfolio, folio.
- Paper portfolios w. the usual wear and (minor) imperfections. Fine, complete set.
= This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium.
- Soiled in blank margins.
= Cf. Bool 327. Provenance: Jan Forrer, who printed lithographs for Escher and who, like Escher, was a member of "De Grafische".
= Bool 364; Iaquinta p.35 (impression 1949).
IN: 18 grafici. Amst., Exlibris Congres, 1957, 18 tipped-in woodengrs./ woodcuts, i.a. by F. Mees, E. Reitsma-Valença and L. Strik, printed in 185 numb. copies, loose as issued in orig. portfolio, 4to.
= FROM: P.G. RUETER, De tekens van de dierenriem (n.pl., De Grafische, 1963, printed in 500 copies). Bool 442; Iaquinta p.55. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.
- Sl. yellowed. = Bool 345; Iaquinta p.29.
- Some signs of oxidation on recto. = Rare edition in silver.
Idem. "Afsluiting Deltawerken 1986". Silver coin, Ø 3,4 cm., 1986, Mauquoy Medal Company, w. on verso title, coat of arms of Zeeland and "Luctor et emergo", in later plastic and board container, in orig. box.
= Recto showing parts of the print Day and Night (cf. Bool 303).
ADDED: 2 Russian coins (1987. Mint).
Idem. "M.C. Escher 1898-1972" (recto)/ "5 Euro 1998 Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" (verso). Silver coin, Ø 3,8 cm., 1998, Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt, in later plastic and board container.
= Recto showing parts of a portrait of Escher and of the print Sky and Water I (cf. Bool 306).
Idem. (Day and night). Silver coin, Ø 3 cm., 1998, recto showing part of the print Day and Night (Bool 303), verso showing "1998 Koninkrijk der Nederlanden", in later plastic and board container.
= Both published to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Escher.
AND another silver coin after M.C. ESCHER: "Flevoland - Twaalfde Provincie van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden - 1 Januari 1986".
= See Bool p.116.
= Vervoorn 84.
- Varnish sl. yellowed.
- Sl. yellowed.
- With pencil annot. "Oskar Fische/ Holzschnitt [sic]" in outer lower and another annot. in outer left blank margin.
= Rare; not in Brehm. Provenance: Auktionshaus Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 2015. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.
- Very vaguely discol. from former passepartout.
= From the portfolio 12 Blätter Schwarz-Weiss (Berlin, private edition, 1923). Brehm p.31. Provenance: Auktionshaus Reiss & Sohn, Königstein, 2013. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.