98-2190
Weird,W.
Views in the Elf Land...Ed. by...Mrs. Cradock. London, Hogarth & Sons 1878. Qu.8°. Mit 18 lithogr. Taf. 19 Textbl. Olwd. mit goldgepr. Titel und Goldschnitt. (Tls. berieb. u. best.).
Seltene erste Ausgabe dieser dem Surrealismus sehr nahestenden Illustrationen des Phrenologisten W.Weird. - This eccentric person lived for many years a solitary life in a lonely house in Bleaksmoor, where he died at the age of 70. These fantastic sketches and descriptions were found in the house after his death (Vorwort). - 1 Textbl. u. 1 Taf. lose. Tls. leicht stockfl.
