book (design) story #633
jeremias gotthelf:
die schwarze spinne
büchergilde gutenberg, zürich, 1944
printer: gebr. fretz ag, zürich
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: otto tschumi
this büchergilde edition of a classic novel by great swiss writer jeremias gotthelf (1797-1854) features ...
... rather uncoventional, almost surrealist illustrations by swiss artist otto tschumi (1904-1985), ...
... similar to book 556.
gotthelf's novel "the black spider", first published in 1842, is (according to wikipedia) "a semi-allegorical tale of the plague in form of the titular monster ...
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... that devastates a swiss valley community; first as a result of a pact with the devil born out of need ...
... and a second time due to the moral decay that releases the monster from its prison again."
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