Between 1927 and 1928, Kurt Wolff published Masereel’s wordless novel, Die Idee, in a Trade edition with 9,000 copies.
- Title: Die Idee
- Author and Illustrator: Masereel
- Introduction: Hermann Hesse
- Date of publication:
- 1927 in an edition, 1 to 4 thousand
- 1928 in an edition, 5 to 9 thousand
- Publisher: Kurt Wolff
- Place of publication: Munich
- Book Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 Inches; 15.7 x 11.8 cm
- Dust jacket: Yes
- Binding: hard cover
- Cover: paper covered
- Language: German titles, etc
- Paginated: unpaginated
- Printed: recto
- Edition: Trade, not limited
- reproduced the original images
Comparing image sizes in the Trade with the original prints
- This is the first image of the book. Presumably it depicts Masereel with “writer’s block”.
- Dimensions of this image from the Wolff Trade edition were compared to 1920 French publication, which was printed from the original woodcuts. They were both the same size, ie 9 x 6.5 cm.
- Having said this, it is assumed the Trade editions were printed from reproductions and not printed from the original blocks.
1927 Wolff Trade edition
1928 Wolff Trade edition
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