Das Leben dreier Clowns - Aufzeichnungen nach Erinnerungen der Fratellini - L'exemplaire de Paolo Fratellini

First edition of the German translation by Hanns Heinz Ewers.
Half tan sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche with floral motifs enhanced with red mosaic shagreen pieces forming the petals, red shagreen title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Illustrated with 100 drawings in the text, covers illustrated by Erich Buttner.
Distinguished provenance: from the library of Paolo Fratellini with his bookplate pasted after the first illustrated cover.