book (design) story #635
herrmann steinhausen:
die zukunft der freiheit
europa-verlag, zürich, 1938
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: hermann fischer (jacket)
this typographical jacket design credited to hermann fischer (unknown to me, dates?) is in the tradition of the zürich kunstgewerbeschule, ...
... compare it e.g. to ernst keller's cover for book 143.
there is a handwritten dedication by eugen gürster (1895-1980), ...
... actually the real name behind the author's pseudonym herrmann steinhausen.
like many other the books by exiled german authors it published by emil oprecht's europa verlag in zürich.
there is a photo copy of an encyclopedia page laid in which explains the pseudonym.
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