B29585
Shelfmark
Oa.1.11-Oa.1.14, Ob.1.12
Main entry - uniform title
Simplicissimus (Munich, Germany : 1896-1944).
Title
Simplicissimus.
Varying form of title
Simplicissimus album.
Varying form of title
Kriegsnummern der Simplicissimus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
München :, Simplicissimus Verlag,, 1896-1944.
Physical description
49 v. :, ill. (some col.),, 39 cm.
Note
Some of the more important artists/illustrators in the pre-1925 period : Karl Arnold, Thomas Theodor Heine, Olaf Gulbransson, Eduard Thöny, Alfred Kubin, Heinrich Kley, Pascin [i.e. Julius Pincas], Heinrich Zille.
Citation/references note
Some details of the magazine's history and about some of its contributing artists given in : Appelbaum, Stanley : Simplicissimus : 180 satirical drawings from the famous German weekly (New York ; Dover Publications, Inc., 1975).
Numbering peculiarities note
Each Jahrgang covers the April to March period ; weekly issues within each Jahrgang numbered from 1 [first April issue] to 51, 52, or 53 [last March issue].
Provenance
Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.
Binding
[Oa.1.11-Oa.1.14] Black leather quarter binding with gold lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.
Binding
[Ob.1.12] Green leather quarter binding with gold lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards and endpapers, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.
Copy-specific note
ECL holds: v. 19, 1914-15; v. 20, 1915-16; v. 21, 1916-17; v. 22, 1917-18; v. 23, 1918-1919.
Subject
Periodicals, Satire
Subject
Periodicals, Humor
Subject
Periodicals, Caricatures
Subject
Periodicals, Nationalism and politics, Art
Added entry--name
Millington-Drake, Eugen, donor.
Added entry--name
Best & Co, binder.
Added entry--name
Simplicissimus Verlag, printer.
Added entry--place
Germany, München.
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