The publication by Kurt Wolff Verlag of the wordless novel, Die Passion eines Menschen (especially these Trade editions) was instrumental in bringing Masereel to the attention of the general public.
- Title: Dies Passion Eines Menschen 25 Holzschnitte
- Author and Illustrator: Frans Masereel
- Introduction: No
- Date of publication: 1924
- Publisher: Kurt Wolff
- Place of publication: Munich
- Printer: Spamer printing shop
- Copyright: Artist?
- Dimensions: 19.5cm ( 7″ 3/4″ ) wide by 22.5cm ( 8″ 3/4″ ) high.
- Dust jacket: Yes
- Binding: hard cover
- Cover: paper covered; Writing on cover is embossed?
- Language: German titles, etc
- Paginated: unpaginated
- Printed: recto
- Edition: Trade
1924 Wolff Trade
References: Gablentz 3 I b; Knight p. 116; Avermaete 3.I b
5000 copies were printed for the 1924 edition.
image – Daniel Thierstein
image – Daniel Thierstein
Portion translated from above: This second edition was printed in 1924 by
the Spamer Printing Company as a popular edition by Galvanos.
1927 Wolff Trade
Roger Avermaete, in his authoritative catalogue raisonné for Masereel notes the 1924 and 1928 Wolff editions but overlooked the 1927 edition.
The details are the same as for 1924?
Does anyone have information as to how many copies were printed?
was printed in 1927 by Galvanos at the B. Heller Printing House in Munich.
Image credit: Sunny State Pickers.
1928 Wolff Trade
References: Avermaete 3.I c
The details are the same as for 1924 but the dust jacket has different advertisement on the back
Does anyone have information as to how many copies were printed?
Other Foreign language editions
- Chinese editions were printed from 1933 to 1957
- A Latvian edition had completed printing on June 22, 1941, the day hostilities broke out but the print run destroyed, except for a few copies.
- A Romanian edition was printed in 1946
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