Title: Trostbuchlein fur Kinderlose [Eng: Little consolation book for childless people]
Author: Hugo Salus / [illustrations by Heinrich Vogeler]
Description: First edition. Boards in light reddish-brown cloth with title on spine and a decorative title emblem on the front cover, both in gilt. Spine a bit faded. Printed on laid paper. The front flyleaf has a name and inscription on it, else interior is clean. Sewn-in ribbon. Illustrations by Heinrich Vogeler (title page, six chapter titles, and decorations). 87, [1] pages.
The author, Hugo Salus (1866-1929), was a Czech gynecologist, writer and poet, recognized as one of the more important exponents of German-Jewish literature in the Prague of his day.
Illustrated by Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942), a German painter, designer, and architect, and central member of the artist colony in Worpswede.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: 1909
Jacket Condition: n/a
Publisher: verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs
Place: Jena
Year: 1909
Keywords: Worpswede,