Decorative Full Vellum Binding designed by Johann Vinenz Cissarz (issued for the purpose of documenting a German city's chronicle during World War I)
Stuttgart: Verlag für Vaterländische Kunst Gesellschaft, ca. 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio (16 3/4 x 11"). Elaborate gold-and brown stamped full vellum with metal clasps. Front cover with gold-embossed illustration of a dagger within double-brown border. Outer margins of front board with continuous lettering inside brown border: "Das eiserne..... More