Allerlei Zierart. Zur Ausstattung von Drucksachen jeden Charakters.
by SCHELTER & GIESECKE LEIPZIG
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- Hardcover
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Lavardin, France
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About This Item
1901. Leipzig, n.d. (c. 1901). 384 pages followed by 9 additional leaves. Small 4to. Original limp cloth stamped in darker red, black and white in Jugendstil style. (minor rubbing and a small crack near the top of front, back hinge cracked). Previous owner's name on front pastedown. A small fraction of the pages show minor soiling, a pencil notation or a short closed tear and one small cut-out. Fold-out at the end has an edge which is crumpled and a small tear. Two supplements laid in, a detailed listing of fonts and type faces, and a list of prices for vignettes.
This encyclopedic specimen book of the Leipzig type foundry and printing supply house J.G. Schelter & Giesecke features, as the title indicates, all kinds of decoration for supplying printing of every type. On the title page, the firm boasts of winning a grand prize in 1900 in Paris (presumably at the Exposition Universelle). It is hard to do justice in a short description to the variety of styles (traditional, Jugendstil, etc.) and categories (certificates, letterheads, borders, ornaments, exotic motifs, flowers, animals, silhouettes, menus, greeting cards, vignettes humorous and otherwise, images of bicyclists, occupational symbols, portraits, Classical figures, religious art, heraldry, ships, trains, athletes, etc. offered in this volume. Some of the examples are printed in colour but most are in black and white. [Jolles 232].
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- Knuf Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101339
- Title
- Allerlei Zierart. Zur Ausstattung von Drucksachen jeden Charakters.
- Author
- SCHELTER & GIESECKE LEIPZIG
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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