Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 10. (Budapest, 1991)

Új szerzemények 1987-1989 - Kisgyűjtemény

COLLECTION OF RARE OBJECTS 71. Richter-type box of building bricks, 4 sets The Dr. Richter Design Institute, Rudolfstadt (Thuringia), from the 1880s Artificial stone, zinc-plated iron, in wooden box Boxes: b. 35 cm, h. 13 cm, L. 25.3 cm b. 35.3 cm, h. 12.7 cm, L. 25 cm b. 40.5 cm, h. 9.2 cm, L. 30 cm b. 40 cm, h. 9 cm, L. 29.6 cm The bridge-building kit No. 10 and the building-brick cases of the new series No. 10/C, 20/B, 24 B form a construction set. The boxes contain three or two removable trays whose compartments hold hundreds of building pieces. The stones of various shapes-prisms, cylinders, cones, and arches-and of various measurement are red, white and grey. To facilitate the assembly of the metal pieces screws are provided in two small boxes. The sets are supplemented with patterns, plans and broadsheets, much like catalogues, describing the various elements. "A Walk in Koronaherceg utca" : Commercial Packaging from Biedermeier to Art Nouveau. The exhibition was organized and the catalogue written by Zsuzsanna Lovay. Budapest, 1988. Nos. 36-39 Purchased from László Kern, Györ, 1987 Inv. No. 87.66.1-2, 87.67.1-3, 87.68.1, 87.67.1-4 72. Book Contents: Elegie IjX: Lied des Friedens! Albius Tibullus. Überzetzung und Geleitwort von Walter Wili. (Basel) : Petri Presse (1942). 111. Hans Erni. János Szirmai, Oesterbeek (The Netherlands), 1971. Inscribed. Embossed calf parchment binding, on paperboard. L. 30 cm, b. 21 cm The cover, marbled in brownish, is decorated in semi-classicist style with an olive branch between two columns. The tooling at the top is grey; the trimming is made of leather. The name of the author and the title of the work are impressed on the spine. Inscribed on the inside of the upper cover in the middle is: "J. A. SZIRMAI". The binding is protected with a case covered in natural linen. The accessories include a plan and the designs of trial embossing and title impression on the spine. Boekbandkunst : Catalogus van boekbanden door J. A. Szirmai... in de Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, 1984. Voorword van Prof. Dr. E. Braches. Amsterdam, 1984. Nr. 1.; Artistic book bindings in the past and present: Exhibition of Bookbindings from By-gone Times and of the Modern Age by János Szirmai (The Netherlands) in the National Széchényi Library, 1986-87. The exhibition was organized and the foreword, as well as the catalogue, written by Marianne Rozsondai and János Szirmai. Budapest, 1986, No. 136. Purchased from János Szirmai, The Netherlands, 1987. Inv. No. 87.135.1-3 73. Book Contents: De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde. London: Methuen & Co., 1905 Erzsébet Kner, Budapest, c. 1930 Gilded leather binding, on paperboard. L. 19.1 cm, b. 13.6 cm The geometric decoration of the cover in black includes a square-grid pattern placed in the four corners which creates a hexagonal field. On its four-ribbed spine decoration composed of the same motifs is to be seen. In the second field from above appear the name of the author and the title of the work. At the top there is gilt tooling. The hemming in green and purple is handsewn. The book is supplied with a bookmark made of green silk. Fitted in a darkgrey paperboard box hemmed with leather. Erzsébet Kner: Bookbindings. Exhibition Organized by the National Széchényi Li-