About the binding:
Full leather binding
Design: Martin Jaegle
Execution: Legatoria Artistica, Ascona Fawn-coloured Oasis goatskin; gold-tooled five-line horizontal title at the spine’s tail; subtle decoration on the front cover board with three brown lines; gilt head edge, no endbands; doublure and flyleaf fawn-coloured suede. Leather-edged slipcase covered with Japanese wood veneer.
About the content:
Rudolf Borchardt: Kindheit und Jugend.
Von ihm selbst erzählt
Bibliophile edition as annual gift for the members of the Maximilian-Gesellschaft, printed in 1500 copies. Maximilian-Gesellschaft, Hamburg, 1966. Rudolf Borchardt (1877–1945) was a German writer, poet, translator, cultural critic and committed speaker. He was the author of one of the most complex works of German literature in the first half of the 20th century.
He wrote his childhood memoirs on family, school, environment, and society in 1927 and 1928 at the age of fifty (translated title: Childhood and youth. In his own words).
About the artist: Martin Jaegle completed his bookbinding apprenticeship in Zurich from 1947 to 1950, followed by his master’s certificate in 1960. After holding various positions, he was “brought” by Thorvald Henningsen into his studio in the centre of Zurich’s Niederdorf district in 1952, where he remained until 1962. Jaegle also took courses in gilding with Thorvald Henningsen and Friedhold Morf, calligraphy with H. Meier and W. Wälchli, colour theory with Emil Mehr and drawing with Frühauf, Bärtschi and Fischer. In 1956/1957, he increased his knowledge and perfected his skills in hand gilding with Raymond Mondange at the École Estienne in Paris.
