Maria

by Joseph Cornell

$2,500 · Offered by Ursus Books

CORNELL, Joseph. Maria. 6 unpaginated leaves with printed text, with one decorative headpiece. Small 8vo, 143 x 107 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. New York: Salamander Editions, 1954.An immaculate copy of this rare artist's book which was privately printed by Cornell, and given away to his friends as presents. It was inspired by the nineteenth-century opera singer Maria Malibran-Garcia.

• Binding: Wrappers

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