Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) came from an creative family. His father and grandfather were reputable landscape painters but he was to become a lawyer at his own father's desire. Fortunately he choose to become a writer and is well-known today especially for his comical poetry despite his numerous other works. His poems unfold a kind but subtle humour which is emphasised by his language. The little book in our new lyrical series worships this jongleur and magician of the German language with good reason. Christian Morgenstern: Poetry. Hard cover in a slipcase, 384 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2008. German edition.
In the 1980s at the teaching print shop run by the Technical University in Darmstadt historical handbooks for apprentice printers, typesetters and type founders were reprinted using the letterpress printing technique. Published by Walter Wilkes, they are now only available new at the Gutenberg Shop. Proben aus der Schriftgießerey der Andreäischen Buchhandlung in Frankfurt am Main 1834. Reprint, Hard Cover, Verlag Renate Raecke 1984. German edition.
Omar Khayaam: Rubaiyyat. Hard cover in a slipcase, 480 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1998. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.
Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Hard cover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2001. German edition.
The heroic epic full of intrigue, love, revenge and jealousy, beautiful women, bloody battles and the hunt for the legendary treasure, the Nibelungenhort. An unknown Austrian poet from the Danube region created contemporary court poesy around 1200 with this heroic material, partly historically verified, partly pure myth. The complete miniature edition is based on script C and is translated from the Middle High German language.
Three volumes in a box.
The Nibelungenlied. 3 volumes in a slipcase, 1440 pages, 53 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2003. German edition.
Johann Sebastian Bach is regarded as the greatest German musician of church music. He reached the top of his career as kapellmeister in Köthen from 1717 until 1723. Throughout this period he had composed almost all of his piano, chamber and concert music. From 1723 on until he died he had been choir director of the St. Thomas Choir and music director in Leipzig. Today his sheer infinite works still is loved and admired all around the world. Heinrich Reimann's biography was published in 1912 and is now available as a miniature book for the first time. In the first volume of the new series on celebrated composers Bach's life and achievements are depicted colourfully. Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography. Hard cover in a slipcase, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2019. German edition.
In the 1980s at the teaching print shop run by the Technical University in Darmstadt historical handbooks for apprentice printers, typesetters and type founders were reprinted using the letterpress printing technique. Published by Walter Wilkes, they are now only available new at the Gutenberg Shop. Benjamin Krebs: Handbuch der Buchdruckerkunst. Frankfurt a.M. 1827. Reprint, Hard Cover, Verlag Renate Raecke 1983. German edition.
Maria Theresia was born on 13th May 1717. In 1740, with only 23 years she became regent of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia. 1745 she got her husband crowned as the roman-german emperor and she became empress. Without any military or political talent worth mentioning, the emperor devoted himself above all to the financial security of the imperial family, in which he was very successful. Maria Theresa conducted the affairs of government of the Monarchy alone. Like every wife of an emperor, she was titled empress, although not crowned herself.
Maria Theresia. Biografie. Hardcover in a slipcase, 596 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2017. German edition.
Barack Obama: Inaugural Address of the 44th Presidents of the United States of America, January 20th 2009incl.Constitution of the United States of AmericaAmendments to the ConstitutionThe Declaration of IndependenceBarack Obama: Inaugural Address. Hardcover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2009. The cent is only for view and not part of the offered product.
Die Geschichte der Welt in BüchernPapyrus erzählt die Geschichte des Buches, eines Artefakts, das die Menschheit seit fast fünftausend Jahren fasziniert und das es in den unterschiedlichsten Formen gegeben hat: aus Rauch, Stein, Ton, Schilf, Seide, Leder, Holz und neu auch aus Kunststoff und Licht. Das Buch ist eine der schönsten Erfindungen der Menschheit. Bücher lassen Worte durch Zeit und Raum reisen und sorgen dafür, dass Ideen und Geschichten Generationen überdauern.Irene Vallejo nimmt uns mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte des Buches, von den Anfängen der Bibliothek von Alexandria bis zum Untergang des Römischen Reiches. Auf ihrer Entdeckungsreise führt sie uns von den Schlachtfeldern Alexanders des Großen und den Palästen der Kleopatra über die ersten Buchhandlungen bis in das unterirdische Labyrinth des heutigen Oxford und verbindet dabei gekonnt klassische Werke mit der Gegenwart: Seneca mit postfaktischer Wahrheit, Aristophanes mit der Provokation durch Karikaturen oder Sappho mit dem weiblichen Blick. Dabei treffen wir auf rebellische Nonnen, gewiefte Buchhändler, unermüdliche Geschichtenerzählerinnen und andere Menschen, die sich der Welt der Bücher verschrieben haben.Ein Sachbuch, das sich liest wie ein Abenteuerroman - und eine leidenschaftliche Hommage an die Welt der Bücher.Aus dem Spanischen von Maria Meindel und Luis RubyUmfang: Hardcover Leinen, 752 Seiten, erschienen am 27. April 2022
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»Elefanten werden nie in Lebensgröße dargestellt, Flöhe dagegen immer überlebensgroß«
Jonathan Swift: Elefanten und Flöhe. Miniature accordion-fold book, hand set, letterpress print; format: 2 x 2 cm; wrapped in a film band and packed in a transparent box. Handsatzwerkstatt Fliegenkopf 2003 (Miniature accordion-fold book, volume 3). One of 400 copies of the second German edition.Comes with a tiny wooden elephant.
The three-volume selection contains twelve episodes of The Contes Drolatiques which Balzac wrote from 1832 until 1837. Cheerfully and lively they tell about the erotic pleasures of French knights and their wives, monks and nuns, farmers and maids, of love lust and amusing intrigue - according to the great poets Rabelais and Boccaccio. Honoré de Balzac: The Contes Drolatiques. 3 volumes in a slipcase, 1024 pages, 53 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1999. German edition.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2007. English edition.
The Swiss author Salicia Landmann was born in 1911. Especially from her Galician homeland but also from collections of many friends and acquaintances she gathered these specific Jewish jokes. In this way she contributed a great deal to the better understanding of the Jewish soul. For this miniature book the greatest jokes were selected from her book „The Jewish Jokes" which was published in 1960. Jewish Jokes by Salcia Landmann Hard cover in a slipcase, 448 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2000. German edition.
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island.2 volumes in a slipcase, 1040 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2013. English edition.The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.
The last volume of the quote series is dedicated to life in all its facets. Apart from quotations of the editor Klaus Klage himself there are especially famous contemporaries and their predecessors such as Laotse, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Seneca but also Michael Douglas. The purpose of all quotation is entertainment without getting to ridiculous. The willing reader rather finds a truth in this lot of almost 500 quotations which reveal life experience and sometimes also wisdom.
Quotes of Life. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2006. German edition.
Lyman Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2007. English edition.
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Bahnwärter Thiel by Gerhart Hauptmann. Hard cover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2013. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.
Wilhelm Hauff (1802 - 1827) was born in Stuttgart and soon after his studies of theology and philosophy in Thuringia he received credit for his book "Lichtenstein", the first German historical novel. But actually he came to be known through his fairytales which were published in three almanacs from 1826 to 1828 as well as his folk songs. Hauff combines romantic and fantastic elements with realism and documentary as well as satirical parts. Who does not know fairytales such as "The story of Kalif Storch", "The cold heart" or "The Story of Little Mook"?Fairytales by Wilhelm Hauff. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2003. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.
Collection of Poems
Walter Pirazzi: Albrecht von Weech - Die Gedichte meines Vaters. Hardcover in a slipcase, 186 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2016. German edition.
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In his work Ludwig Nohl writes about the life of his fellow countryman Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart beginning with travelling in his childhood and youth around Europe until his marriage with Constanze Weber and his tragic death. As it is often the case Mozart was only insufficiently regarded throughout his life but is a gift to following generations that we can be grateful for. His biography is also concerned with his great works without getting to scientific. Quotations from numberless letters by Mozart paint an image of the composer who maintained a certain childish naivety in his life. Ludwig Nohl: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Biography. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2006. German edition.
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When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
I am compelled to conclude
that man is the superior animal.
When I consider the curious habits of man
I confess, my friend, I am puzzled.
Ezra Pound: Meditatio. Miniature accordion-fold book in English, hand set, letterpress print; format: 2 x 2 cm; wrapped in a film band and packed in a transparent box. Fliegenkopf 2004 (Miniature accordion-fold book, volume 15). Comes with a tiny wooden dog.
Joseph von Eichendorff: Of the Life of a Good-For-Nothing. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig. Rare miniature book from Leipzig. German edition.
Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Hard cover in a slipcase, 286 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2008. English edition.
Nostradamus, actually Michel de Nostredame (1503 - 1566) was pharmacist and probably also a doctor. In 1550 he began to publish annual almanacs for farming. He nevertheless got famous even during his lifetime through his prophecies in prose. Though these prophecies were controversial at that time and today still attract many sceptics they yet contain with the whole scope of interpretation prophecies that come incredibly close to the truth. This is why he can be called the most important prophet Europe brought forth. The miniature book includes his complete centuries up to the fourth millennium. Nostradamus: Prophetische Weissagungen. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2007. German edition.
Johann Strauss. Biography. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2009. German edition. The decoration is only for view and not part of the offered product.
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Das Leben und dazu eine Katze
das ergibt eine unglaubliche Summe!
Rainer Maria Rilke: Das Leben und dazu eine Katze... Miniature accordion-fold book, hand set, letterpress print; format: 2 x 2 cm; wrapped in a film band and packed in a transparent box. Handsatzwerkstatt Fliegenkopf 2016. (Miniature accordion-fold book, volume 23). One of 300 copies. German editionComes with a tiny wooden black cat.
Gulliver's Travels is the most famous work of the Irish writer, Anglican priest and politician Jonathan Swift. A naive do-gooder, the ship's doctor Gulliver goes on a journey to return home as a disillusioned misanthrope at the end of his fantastic adventures. The mere shift in scale in Lilliput, the land of the dwarves, and Brobdingnag, the land of the giants, makes all human activity ridiculous. While in Lilliput he can pull an entire war fleet across the sea with one hand and his appetite threatens to cause a famine, he has to fear for his life among the giants themselves as a toy in the hand of an infant.
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels. Hardcover in a slipcase, 1516 pages in 4 volumes, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2015. English edition.
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The poems of Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908) begin the series of lyrical works of the 19th and 20th century. Naturally as an unabridged version but as a selection from his complete works the most popular and entertaining verses well readable and in the original form of the miniature book were published this year in remembrance of his death hundred years ago. The valuable features of the box and the cabra cover colourfully embossed gives this exclusive collection of Busch's poetry a worthy framework.
Wilhelm Busch: Gedichte. Hard cover in a slipcase, 384 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2008. German edition.
Schiller formed his play from the historical events taking place in the Waldgaststätte between 1291 and 1315 as well as the Nordic myth of the apple shot. The foreign rule of the Austrians in Switzerland provoked the self-defence of the confederates who have led a life of naive-idyllic perception so far, not exposed to the altering power of policy but only to the cycle of nature. Through the famous apple shot Wilhelm Tell, the protagonist of the drama, is forced to risk the life of his child. In this way he is jolted from his idyllic believe and displaced into brutal reality. Friedrich Schiller: Wilhelm Tell. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2005. German edition.
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Accordion-fold book from the Fliegenkopf manual typesetting workshopDie kopflose Stecknadel
Köpfe abschlagen ist nicht sehr klug.
Die Stecknadel, der man den Kopf abschlug,
fand, der Kopf sei völlig entbehrlich,
und war nun vorn und hinten gefährlich.
Erich Kästner: Die kopflose Nadel. Miniature accordion-fold book,
hand set, letterpress print; format: 2 x 2 cm; wrapped in a film band
and packed in a transparent box. Typesetting workshop Fliegenkopf 2016.
(Miniature accordion-fold book, volume 22). One of 300 copies. German edition.
Comes with two gold-plated needles
The powerful regime of the Middle Ages based on trust approaches downfall, no glimpse of a brighter future. In the middle of this time of decay we meet Götz the last knight with a powerful hand riding against all stealth. The effect of this drama when it was published in 1773 was a sensation. The young Goethe was famous at a single blow and brilliant tragedy at the same time vanguard of a whole epoch.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Götz von Berlichingen. Hard Cover in a Slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2004. German edition.
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William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2009. English edition.
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Faust by Goethe is rightfully one of the German classics. Writtten in verse, the tragedy in two parts problematizes the conflict of duty and inclination, of social order and the freedom of unbound love, which can only be solved by renunciation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust, erster und zweiter Teil. Hardcover in a slipcase, 1762 pages in 3 volumes, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2017. German edition.
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliette Hard cover in a slipcase, 576 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1998. German edition.
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Ludwig Uhland: Poetry. Hard cover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2002. German edition.
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In the 1980s at the teaching print shop run by the Technical University in Darmstadt historical handbooks for apprentice printers, typesetters and type founders were reprinted using the letterpress printing technique. Published by Walter Wilkes, they are now only available new at the Gutenberg Shop. Christian Gottlob Täubel: Neues theoretisch-praktisches Lehrbuch der Buchdruckerkunst Wien 1810. Reprint, Hard Cover, Verlag Renate Raecke 1984. German edition.
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»Whether a black cat brings bad luck depends on whether you are a human or a mouse«
Marc O'Rell: Ob eine schwarze Katze... Miniature accordion-fold book, hand set, letterpress print; format: 2 x 2 cm; wrapped in a film band and packed in a transparent box. Typesetting workshop Fliegenkopf 2016. (Miniature accordion-fold book, volume 22). One of 300 copies. German edition. Comes with a tiny wooden black cat.
The Constitiution of Bavaria came into force on 8th December 1946 and gave Bavaria a new basis for its existence as a state after the Gleichschaltung under National Socialism and the time of the US military government.
Verfassung der Freistaats Bayern. Hardcover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1994. German edition.
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Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. Hard cover in a slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 1998. English edition.
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Friedrich Schiller: Poetry. Hard cover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2002. German edition.
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"A book by the real sow, the most useful and popular of all our pets, surrounded by the magic light of humour, in poetry and prose, after all his relations with the human race" ( Preface)
Buch von der fidelen und traurigen Sau. Hardcover in a slipcase, 288 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2011. German edition.
Karl May (1842 - 1912) came from a weaver family and lived in severe poverty for the first few years of his life. One of his first stories was published in 1874. Afterwards numerous works with famous figures such as Winnetou, Old Shatterhand or Old Firehand. His adventure novels have been translated into 33 languages so far and reached a total circulation of more than 200 million. By arrangement with the Karl-May-Verlag we publish with "Old Firehand" the first miniature edition which follows the great original in its design and illustration. This miniature book makes every Karl May fan's heart leap for joy. Karl May: Old Firehand. Hard Cover in a Slipcase, 512 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2006. German edition.
Gibran's poetry provides timless spiritial wisdom to various themes, including love and marriage, children, food and drink, crime and punishment, pain, friendship, time, beauty, riligion and death.
Khalil Gibran: The Prophet. Hardcover in a slipcase, 360 pages, 38 x 53 mm, Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2014. English edition.
In the 1980s at the teaching print shop run by the Technical University in Darmstadt historical handbooks for apprentice printers, typesetters and type founders were reprinted using the letterpress printing technique. Published by Walter Wilkes, they are now only available new at the Gutenberg Shop. Christian Gottlob Täubel: Allgemeines theoretisch-praktisches Wörterbuch der Buchdruckerkunst und Schriftgießerei Wien 1805 bis 1809.
Reprint, Hard Cover, Verlag Renate Raecke 1986. German edition.
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