zaterdag 28 augustus 2010

Divatképek / Fashion pictures



Divatképek a régmúltból / compiled by Gyula Kardos. - Budapest: Egyetemi Nyomda, 1987. - 74 p.: ills; 55x48 mm.

"Fashion pictures from bygone time". Text printed in Hungarian, Russian, and English . Bound in purple leather with a fashion figure in gold stamped on front cover on a blue background in a gold design . Guilt flowers on spine. Typographical design by Gyula Janka. 450 copies printed of which 250 are numbered; this is #112.

The reproductions were taken from a picture issued on the occasion of the discontinuance of the periodical "Der Spiegel für Kunst Eleganz und Mode" about 1852. On this sheet with the title The History of Fashion are 16 engravings showing the changing fashion between 1828 and 1843. These engravings were made by József Sürch. The endpapers, a pen-drawing of V. Grimm, show a view of the Danube and Budapest with the Chain Bridge that was opened in 1849.

woensdag 11 augustus 2010

Wij leven vrij


Wij leven vrij, wij leven blij. - s.l.: s.n., [1944]. - [8 p.]; 57x73 mm.

Orange paper wrapper with overprint in black and blue. Stapled. Tekst printed in green.

Illegally p
rinted by Dutch resistance against German occupiers.
No further details known.





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