About the cover:

Full-grain binding Dark blue wheellock, coarse dark blue line embossing on both covers as part of a six-part concept, developed from the original dust jacket designed by Mechthild Lobisch, dark blue title embossing on smooth spine; barbed edges, hand-stitched endpapers; board-à-board mirror and flyleaf coloured and inscribed paste-down paper; half-leather chemise lined with light grey suede, silver spine title, cover of paste-down paper like endpapers, slipcase with leather-bound opening and covered with yellow paste-down paper.

The other five copies are in private and public collections in Germany and abroad.

About the content:

Hermann Lenz: Stories Peter Stein engravings

Ex. No. 39 of 200 of the special edition signed by author and artist on Hahnemühle 150 gm2 laid paper, one-off special edition for the 100th anniversary of the Typographical Society Munich 1990

Concept Mechthild Lobisch. The German writer Hermann Lenz lived from 1913-1998 and wrote more than 30 works.

About the artist: Mechthild Lobisch belongs to a circle of people who have dealt extensively with contemporary binding techniques and design. As a trained bookbinder, she has spent a lifetime working with great passion and dedication on the craftsmanship and formal quality of books. As an appointed professor, her work at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle was widely respected, where she led the Conceptual Art Book class in the Art Department, specialising in painting/graphics, from 1995-2006. It is thanks to her that a group of her graduates have had a lasting influence on German bookbinding art ever since.