Description

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

Language:  German

Keywords:  Worpswede,