book (design) story #529
jean-richard bloch:
simler & co
rotapfel-verlag, zürich / leipzig, around 1926
printer: mänicke & jahn a.-g., rudolstadt
size: 20 x 13 cm
designer: walter cyliax
french communist jean-richard bloch (1884-1947) published his novel "... et compagnie" about a jewish industrialist in 1918.
the book design of this this first german edition ...
... is credited to walter cyliax (1899-1945), who designed several books for the rotapfel-verlag (see e.g. 201) which was managed by publisher eugen rentsch.
cyliax's jacket for this 1926 book is a remarkably early example of the new typography style in switzerland, ...
... while the inner pages are more traditionally designed. this copy shows lots of foxing.
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