Description: bound in light yellow cloth with red and orange geometrical design to front cover and black lettering to spine, in pictorial DJ “An dem kleinen Himmel | meiner Liebe | {colour vignette} | Heiter-amouröse Dichtung | Mit 24 farbigen Zeichnungen von | Max Schwimmer”; pp.: [1-6] 7-95 [96], total 48 leaves, with 22 offset colour full-page illustrations, DJ and title-page vignettes by Max Schwimmer; plates with pagination. Anthology of German love poetry from Caspar Stieler (1632 – 1707) to Wolfgang Tilgner (1932 – 2011).
Title-page: An dem kleinen Himmel | meiner Liebe | Heiter-amouröse Dichtung | Mit 24 farbigen Zeichnungen | von Max Schwimmer | {vignette} | Verlag der Nation | Berlin ||
Contributors:
Bruno Brandl (German, fl. c. 1969 – 1991)– editor.
Max Schwimmer (German, 1895 – 1960) – artist.
VEB Druckhaus “Maxim Gorki” (Altenburg) – printer.
Verlag der Nation (Berlin) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | East Germany (DDR) , Germany |
| Language | German |
| Media/Technique | Offset printing , Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | Anthology , German poetry , Illustrated books , Love poetry , Poetry |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1979 |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
