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[Many designs are probably unpublished in this format]. 73 pieces. Size of the "Gebruder Scholl, Zurich" scrapbook: 12 3/8 inches x 8 5/8 in. 12 sheets of gray, thick paper, forming 24 pages, with "spiderweb" design tissue guards. The scrapbook is covered in an "Art Deco" type geometric design, colored cloth, with black cloth binding cords, with small black beads and tassels. The spine and edges show light wear and tanning to the tissue guards (some have broken loose). Some of the mounted pieces show cracking to the pasted corners, light wear to the scrapbook. 73 pieces collected by Swiss-born artist and teacher Fred Rentschler, who has also contributed a few bookplate designs. Many are proof copies printed on a very thin paper; some are signed and dated (most from the 1916-22 period). From the personal collection of Swiss-born artist and designer, Fred Rentschler, who emigrated to America in the early 1920's, and later taught at the Cleveland [Ohio] School of Art. His collection contained examples of proofs & finished pieces of bookplates, new year's greetings, book illustrations, title-page designs, initial letters, etc. mainly produced by Swiss artists & designers, including this scrapbook. Some items may have been produced by graphic arts students at the Gewerbeschule, Zurich, Switzerland. Rare item. Partial list of contents: 1 Initial D (M. Schmid) 2 initial L (signed: Martha Schmid) 3 init: E 4 init: D 5 init: D (signed: H. Harter?) 6 init: E (hand-colored) 7 init: L 8 init: E (signed: H. Rutenberg) 9 int: L (signed: Martha Schmid 10 init: H 11 init: M (signed: Hans Knolle?) 12 init: D 13 init: O 14 int: N (signed Schmid) 15 init: D (T.Waltz) 16 init: H 17 init: E 18 init: G (signed: Alice Hartmann) 19 Max Linck bookplate 20 E. Arnaboldi bookplate 21 Brutsch bookplate (signed: I.A.K. Brutsch) 22 J.J. Hurlimann bookplate (XII/16) 23 Max Linck label 24 IB label (hand-colored) 25 Senta Vogelbacher bookplate 26 Emil Gaxer bookplate 27 Maria Streiff bookplate 28 F.u Brentsch label 29 Lily Egli bookplate 30 FS bookplate (signed: Hedwig Dolder III 1919) 31 Margot Susman bookplate (signed: Tobi Waltz 18) 32 Kunst ist Gunst bookplate (signed: P. Hagi) 33 Tobie Waltz bookplate (signed: Tobie Waltz 1917, hand-colored) 34 Friedel Steinegger bookplate 35 Hedwig Egli bookplate (Fred Rentschler) 36 Heinr. Fischer bookplate (signed: Tobie Waltz) 37 Hans Huber bookplate (hand-colored) 38 Gottfried Boppli bookplate (Fred Rentschler, hand-colored) 39 Elsy Dolder bookplate (Signed: Hedy Dolder) 40 TSL label (signed: C. Stauss?) 41-46 6 endpieces/borders (1 hand-colored, 1 signed: Luisa Staude?) 47 Snail border design 48 Gebr. Treichler Graphiker label (hand-colored) 49 H.C. Andersens Marchen design 50 woodcut design (Signed: Tobie Waltz 18) 51 Durer design (signed: M. Schmid) 52 woodcut design (initials: WR) 53 reproduction of Moos (?) woodcut design 54 sailboat woodcut (init: G) 55 castle woodcut 56 church woodcut (colored) 57 Der Arzt woodcut (signed: Aldo Cosomuti) 58 woodcut profile (Signed: Paul Imhof 1916) 59 woodcut (signed: Aldo Cosomuti) 60 3 musicians woodcut 61 Marchen Bruder Grimm design (signed: M. Schmid) 62 St. George woodcut (init: AC) 63 girl woodcut (signed: M. Schmid) 64 horse woodcut (signed: W. Lusch?) 64 Hermann Hesse/Schon ist die Jugend design (init: SV) 65 Aus dem Mallis: church woodcut (colored) 66 New Year design 67 New Year 1917 (August Aeppli) 68 New Year design (PH. Linck) 69 profile etching (signed: H. Rutenberg) 70 New Year 1918 design (Max Linck) 71 name label: Hermann Rutenberg 72 calligraphic design: Erlich wahrt.
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