RENE BULL (1872-1942) Das russische Ballet. Zwoelf Aquarelle in farbigem Tiefdruck von Rene Bull. [Russian ballet. Twelve colour heliogravure watercolours by René Bull.] München, Georg W. Dietrich Hofverleger, 1917.

Limited to 1200 copies. Copy no. 158. in German Publisher’s full cloth portfolio, upper cover stamped in gilt; imprint on the inside of the portfolio. In excellent condition. Engraved bookplate of Martin Winkler (by A. Kravchenko) on the inside of the upper flap. René Bull (1872–1942) was an Irish artist. He studied in Paris under the French caricaturist Caran d’Ache. From 1905 he illustrated books, beginning with an edition of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Among other major works he illustrated were Arabian Nights (1912), the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1913), Russian Ballet (1913), Carmen (1915), and the tales of Andersen. Provenance: Martin Winkler (1893–1982), German cultural and art historian, professor, specialist in Old Russian art, member of the German Society for the Study of Eastern Europe.