Description
Signed limited edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, featuring twelve illustrations with woodcuts and an original etching by Salvador Dalí.
Folio, 150pp, [6]. Full set measures 22″ x 16″ x 3.5″. Portfolio of loose leaves, held in brown cloth wraps. “Dalí” stamped in gilt on front cover. Leaves are gathered in signatures of 6, with each centerfold featuring an illustration. All in fine condition. Complete with twelve vibrant full-page color illustrations and one frontispiece etching.
One of 2,500 portfolios, printed on Mandeure paper. This set is numbered 1,860. Each portfolio features an original colored etching, signed by the artist, Salvador Dalí.
Housed in the matching cloth clamshell, title in gilt on orange morocco spine, brown silk interior. Small orange stain to bottom right corner. Held shut with leather straps along fore-edge, lacking one latch. Includes the publisher’s original shipping box, with the matching limitation number.
A truly exceptional piece combining classic literature with modern art.
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) illustrated a number of limited edition works throughout his artistic career. In addition to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Dalí was commissioned to illustrate Macbeth (1946), Don Quixote De La Mancha (1946), The Divine Comedy (1960), Arabian Nights (1964), and The Bible (1967).
