Wien Geyling (2 results)

Oblong 8vo (170 x 145 mm). (14) ff. on sturdy cardboard, 12 of which being full-page chromolithographs showing an illustrated score by Haydn and scenes commemorating events in Vienna during the Napoleonic War of 1809. White original leather binding, upper cover title elaborately stamped in black, red, and gilt. Endpapers decorated with the arms of Vienna printed in red and gold. All edges gilt. Housed in the original decorative moirée-lined box finished in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. Only edition. A striking favour for those in attendance of the 1909 Viennese State Ball, held to commemorate the centenary of the second conquest of Vienna by Napoleon. Further shows portraits of the Vienna mayors Stephan von Wohlleben and Karl Lueger, as well as the poem "Gott erhalte!" by Hermann Hango. Celebrating the also centenary of the composer Haydn, this book is a striking example of the elegant Secessionist design popular at this time. The designer, Remigius Geyling (1878-1974), was an Austrian painter, illustrator, and set designer who studied under Karl Krager at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, where he later also taught. The beautifully designed binding with the Vienna arms was produced by Wilhelm Melzer in Vienna, who often worked for the Wiener Werkstätte. - Edges of box a little rubbed, but in excellent state of preservation. As common without the four-leaf booklet that gave the order of dances for the evening. - Schweiger, WW 261. Slg. Mayer 8343. Catalogue "Wien um 1900" 591. OCLC 27745286. …

16 x 19 cm. 13 unbez. Bl. mit 12 ganzs. Farblithographien von Remigius Geyling auf Karton. Weißer goldgepr. Glacé-Lederband mit dreifachem Goldschnitt (sign. W. Melzer, Wien) in Orig.-Pappkassette mit Jugendstil-Ornamentik in Gold und Schwarz (diese etwas berieben u. bestoßen). Erstausgabe der berühmten Ballspende mit den schönen farbig lithografierten Jugendstil-Illustrationen von Remigius Geyling im Stil der Wiener Werkstätte. Die Bilder zeigen Szenen aus der Geschichte der Stadt im Jahr 1809 ("Josef Haydn mit dem Lied Gott erhalte den Kaiser!", Strassenbild am Tage der Proklamation", "Beschiessung Wiens durch die Franzosen 11.-12. Mai", "Haydns letzte Tage - Am Spinett", Die schwarzen Männer am Stephansplatz", "Erzherzog Karl's Einzug in Aspern 23. Mai" usw.).- Die Kassette etwas berieben und mit kleinen Fehlstellen im Bezug; der Lederband nur ganz minimal berieben bzw. angestaubt.…