(Artist's book) Du spirituel dans l'art et dans la peinture en particulier, 1949 (1st ed. 1911/12).
Publ. by Galerie René Drouin, Paris, 26 mai 1949. First edition in French of the book "Über das Geistige in der Kunst" by Wassily Kandinsky, first published in 1911/12. Apart from being a book of personal confession by Kandinsky, it is one of the most influential books on art theory and at the same time the first manifesto of abstraction. With the colour woodcut "Drei Reiter in Rot, Blau und Schwarz" printed from the original blocks, which was first published in Kandinsky's book "Klänge" from 1913.
2 blank pp., 122 pp., index, 1 blank p. Original cover in original cardboard chemise and purple slipcase. Uncut. One of 300 copies on Lana à la forme paper. With 10 woodcut vignettes in the text, 1 original colour woodcut (21.9 x 22.2 cm) and 8 photo reproductions in heliogravure on plates after works by various masters (three by Kandinsky) with the original silk shirts. Reference: Roethel 107 and III, 11 a; Grohmann p. 413; Rifkind Coll. II, 1368-8
