Wiener Jugendstil – Carl Otto Czeschka, E. Kutzer, O. Bauriedl - Gerlachs Jugendbücherei Collection - Die Nibelungen + Nussknacker & Mausekönig - 1924-1930

Two particularly beautiful and collectible historical editions from Gerlach's Youth Library, one of the most important illustrated children's book series of the Viennese Art Nouveau.

1. Franz Keim – Die Nibelungen (1924)

Gerlach's Youth Library No. 22, 3rd edition. Gerlach & Wiedling, Vienna and Leipzig.

67 pages with 16 splendid full-page color illustrations, partly with gold bronze, as well as vignettes and book ornaments by Carl Otto Czeschka (1878–1960), a leading representative of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte.

One of the most famous and artistically outstanding works of Art Nouveau book illustration.

2. E. T. A. Hoffmann – Nußknacker und Mausekönig (ca. 1920s)

Gerlach's Youth Library No. 23. Edited by Hans Fraungruber.

Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna–Leipzig–New York.

80 pages with 11 full-page illustrations, of which 10 are color, as well as further book ornaments by Otto Bauriedl and Ernst Kutzer.

A particularly sought-after, distinctly rarer edition of the famous Christmas fairy tale with charming Art Nouveau illustrations.

Together 147 pages, richly equipped with outstanding color art, decorative original bindings and ornamental endpapers.

Condition: Both books in orderly to good age-appropriate condition with light signs of wear and occasional stains. Detailed image documentation available.

Two bibliophile highlights from Gerlach's Youth Library – an attractive collector's ensemble of Viennese book art.