{"product_id":"luschdig-zipiti-paul-hosch-first-edition-1915","title":"D'r Luschdig Zipiti und Sini Schbezel. 8 Farbigi Bilderboge (Original Schteizeichnige) mit \"Lehrreiche Reimche\"","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"citation-205\"\u003eSwiss Children's Books) Hosch, Paul and Melching, Hans. \u003cem\u003eD'r Luschdig Zipiti und Sini Schbezel. 8 Farbigi Bilderboge (Original Schteizeichnige) mit \"Lehrreiche Reimche.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-205\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-205 citation-end-205\"\u003eBasel: Verlag: Wepf Schwabe \u0026amp; Co., [1915]. First Edition, First Printin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eg. Landscape folio, 9-13\/16\" x 13-3\/8\" (250 x 345 mm). Comprising \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"307\"\u003e8 loose color lithographed plates\u003c\/b\u003e (original \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"351\"\u003eSchteizeichnige\u003c\/i\u003e or stone drawings), printed on heavy, high-grade cardstock, featuring integrated hand-lettered calligraphic text in the Basel German dialect (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"509\"\u003eBaseldeutsch\u003c\/i\u003e). Housed as issued in the original publisher's color pictorial lithographed folding paper portfolio cover, with the upper panel titled distinctly in black.\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe physical condition of the lithographed plates is graded \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"60\"\u003e(10\/10) - MINT\u003c\/b\u003e (utilizing a standardized 10-point scale for photographic prints and original works of art, indicating a flawless specimen exhibiting no perceptible defects or signs of handling to the naked eye). The eight lithographed plates are loose in the original publisher's color pictorial lithographed folding cover as issued, with all plates in as new condition for what is an amazingly nice copy of the work. The condition of the original color lithographed portfolio wrapper is graded separately using the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper, presenting in \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"650\"\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/b\u003e condition; the folder exhibits light rubbing around the edges for what is a bright, clean, and really nice example of the original color lithographed folding cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eModernist Graphic Mechanics and the Basel Schweizer Werkstätten\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eThis exceptionally scarce portfolio represents a landmark avant-garde achievement in early twentieth-century Swiss material culture, bridging the gap between progressive European graphic arts and juvenile literature. Drawn entirely on the stone by the pioneering Swiss architect, designer, and poster artist Paul Hosch (1886–1975) in collaboration with his pupil Hans Melching, the work serves as the foundational manifesto of their newly formed \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"446\"\u003eSchweizer Werkstätten\u003c\/i\u003e (Swiss Workshops). Heavily influenced by Hosch’s immersive exposure to Austro-German modernism, the design mechanics explicitly mirror the geometric, flat-plane aesthetics of the Vienna Secession (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"665\"\u003eWiener Werkstätte\u003c\/i\u003e). Each of the eight narrative plates acts as a unified graphic canvas, where bold color-saturated blocks, stark linear contours, and a muted, sophisticated palette harmonize to depict the moralistic tales (\"lehrreiche Reimche\") of Zipiti and his companions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe production mechanics are further distinguished by Hosch's choice to hand-letter the typographic components directly onto the lithographic stones. Rather than relying on standard letterpress typesetting, the Basel German dialect verses are rendered in an integrated, expressive German calligraphy that flows within the contours of the illustrations. This absolute integration of text and image was a direct hallmark of Secessionist design theory, treating the entire page layout as a cohesive artistic ecosystem. Due to the hyper-localized dialect text, contemporary commercial success was limited, and this remains the only juvenile illustrative work published by Hosch during his long architectural career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eEphemeral Survival and Institutional Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eBecause this work was issued as a portfolio of loose plates intended for nursery handling rather than a conventionally bound codex, its vulnerability to dispersal, tearing, and loss was absolute. The thin paper portfolio covers were routinely discarded, and individual plates were commonly extracted for framing, making the survival of a complete, pristine suite within its original folding container a superlative rarity. Scholars of children's literature consider the production a pinnacle of national design; it is cited in standard references (Hürlimann, 38; Farbtafel 14) and explicitly lauded by Kaiser as \"one of the most beautiful Swiss children's books\" (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"664\"\u003eSwiss Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e, p. 33).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eA current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/strong\u003e underscores its near-total ephemeral disappearance, \u003cstrong\u003eidentifying only two copies in permanent public or institutional collections worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e (held at the \u003cstrong\u003ePrinceton University Library\u003c\/strong\u003e Special Collections and the Universitätsbibliothek Basel).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA PRISTINE, DEEPLY SIGNIFICANT SWISS CHILDREN'S PORTFOLIO REVEALING A PARAMOUNT CONVERGENCE OF VIENNA SECESSIONIST GRAPHIC DESIGN, CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC STONE PRINTING, AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY OPTICAL JUVENILIA, CONSTITUTING A PARAMOUNT ARTIFACT FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH INTO EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE PRINTING HISTORY, MODERNIST MATERIAL CULTURE, AND THE GRAPHIC LEGACY OF THE SCHWEIZER WERKSTÄTTEN, REPRESENTING A PARAMOUNT ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH ARCHIVES OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO EARLY EUROPEAN MODERNIST CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#001013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40724836712597,"sku":"001013","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/drluschdig.01.20201205.jpg?v=1627760793","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/luschdig-zipiti-paul-hosch-first-edition-1915","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}