Tier A B C (Animal A B C)

Exner, Hilde; Exner, Nora; and Fiebiger, Franz

About this Item

[Ver Sacrum] Charming, stylized Tier A B C (Animal A B C) comprising the fourth issue from the final year of Ver Sacrum 1903 Heft 4. Twenty-four color woodcut prints (on twelve leaves) based on a hand-printed animal picture book taken from Hilde Exner, Nora Exner, and Franz Fiebiger. A complete and fully illustrated issue of the renowned art journal Ver Sacrum; Published by the Association of Visual Artists, Vienna, Austria, 1903 Heft 4. Printed wrappers, pages 71-94 featuring the woodcuts of animals and accompanying titles, two leaves of advertisements. The issue measures 24.5 cm. x 26 cm. Printed on laid watermarked paper. Ver Sacrum ("Sacred Spring" in Latin) was the official magazine communicating the artistic and creative ideals of the Vienna Secession. Conceived and founded by Gustav Klimt and Max Kurzweil, the periodical had a six-year run from 1898 through 1903 and comprised drawings and graphic designs in the style of the Secession movement together with literary contributions from distinguished European writers. The magazine is renowned for its contribution to typography, illustration, and graphic design; and was responsible for reshaping ideas about and influencing magazine (and magazine advertising) and book design to the present day. . Paper wrappers are lightly browned and toned around the edges, lightly soiled, bumped in places at the corners and edges, evidence of dampstaining along the bottom edge with shallow tidemarks hugging the edge, bottom fore-edge corner of the rear wrapper appears to be slightly torn away and missing, browning from offsetting to verso of front wrapper and the first page [Title] that extends about 6.5 cm into the adjacent leaves, there is similar dark offsetting to the recto of the rear wrapper and the last decorative woodcut from the Animal ABC, extending approximately 22.5 cm into the adjacent pages, caused by the inserted pages of advertisements (same paper stock as is used in the masthead strip at the front), still a very attractive magazine with wonderful depictions of animals, in very good condition. JHN-476. Seller Inventory # 476

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tier A B C (Animal A B C)

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition