Die Historie von der Schönen Lau
Offenbach am Main: Gebrüder Klingspor, 1920.
Illustrated by Hans Bohn illustrations; Rudolf Koch typeface. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #16014
Edge chipping and scrape to tissue covered boards, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language. Quarter leather binding with decorated tissue covered boards, six compartment spine with spine label, and all edges gilt. Pictures and ornaments, some hand-colored, by Hans Bohn. Font is Frühling, a typeface designed by Rudolf Koch. Biedermeier author Eduard Mörike's tale of the water nymph Lau, done by the type manufacturer Gebrüder Klingspor. A lovely fine press printing demonstrating the post-World War One skills present at the type foundry of Gebrüder Klingspor.; 54 pages.
Price: $99.95