Hundred print
Various series of 100 copies of limited publishing works are referred to as hundred prints . The originator of the term is the publisher Hans von Weber , who published a series of bibliophile books under the name Hundertdrucke or Drucke für die Hundred from 1909 .
Munich Hundreds of Prints
Hans von Weber published his hundred prints first in his Munich Hyperion Verlag and - after its sale in spring 1914 - in Verlag Hans von Weber Munich . The series of works appeared in limited editions of mostly around 650 copies, of which a special edition in particularly high-quality equipment and on better paper was reserved for the subscribers of the association Die Hundert . Before the Hyperiondrucken (from 1913: Three fishing prints ) and also from 1913 together with S. Fischer issued hundred fifty Printing presented the hundreds of prints the most prestigious series of the publishing house is addition to a model kit assembly it was characterized by the use of historical. Letters from the collections of traditional printing such as John Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem as well as in the special editions with particularly exquisite hand bindings by famous binding artists of the time such as Carl Sonntag jun. and other off. The printing was also taken care of by important printers such as Otto von Holten in Berlin or W. Drugulin in Leipzig. In contrast to the publisher's other bibliophile series, the Hundreds of Prints were, with a few exceptions, not illustrated, but were intended to convince with their simple, solid furnishings, an exemplary set arrangement and typography that matches the text .
The main focus of the Munich Hundreds of Prints was initially on classics of European and especially German literature, from Dante to Hans Sachs to Goethe and Novalis . Thanks to his good personal contacts with the literary avant-garde of the time, Hans von Weber also succeeded in winning important modern authors for his publishing house. For example, the first edition of Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice appeared in 1912 as the 13th hundred print. Other contemporary authors in the series were Richard Dehmel , Hans Carossa and Wilhelm Matthießen . In terms of art history, the Munich Hundreds of Prints are to be understood in the context of the book art movement and are now among the more popular series of the epoch. After Hans von Weber's death on April 22, 1924 , the series was continued by his son Wolfgang until 1927 with Hundreds of Prints No. 40–44.
Hundred print vignette from Hans von Weber
Duisburg Hundreds of Prints
A series of 20 titles from Duisburger Kleinverlag Guido Hildebrandt appeared from 1965 onwards, also under the name Hundertdrucke . The series took up the idea of an exclusive limited edition again and brought significant achievements in contemporary poetry and visual arts. In addition to all the artists of the ZERO group , Günther Uecker , Otto Piene and Heinz Mack , Hildebrandt also won representatives of Informel such as Emil Schumacher and Rupprecht Geiger as well as Blinky Palermo and Jochem Poensgen for the series. Klaus Ulrich Düsselberg was responsible for typesetting and printing, the original graphics were printed on the hand press at AW Schulgen and Kätelhön , among others .
Chemnitz Hundred Prints
Based on the hundred prints published by Hyperion Verlag and as a reminiscence of the first printed edition of Hermann Hesse's 1922 text “Pictors Metamorphoses” by Chemnitz book friends in 1925, Hesse's love tale was published in 1997 by a private publisher in Leipzig. A second and third hundred prints have been announced, but have not yet appeared.
literature
- Heribert Tenschert (Ed.): One hundred "Prints for the Hundred" , Thelem-Antiquariat, Catalog 17, Passau, Passavia Druckerei 1985
- Hermann Hesse: Pictors metamorphoses. A fairy tale. Chemnitzer Hundertdruck Nr. 1, published by Tilo Richter, made in letterpress, with 16 stone drawings by Steffen Volmer, bound by hand in linen, Leipzig 1997
- Hans von Weber (ed.): The onion fish. A magazine for taste in books and other things. 1st year, Hyperion-Verlag, Munich 1909
- Ernst Schulte-Strathaus / Wolfgang von Weber: Hans von Weber and his hundred prints . In: Imprimatur. A yearbook for book lovers . New series, vol. 6. Ed. By Heinz Sarkowski and Bertold Hack, Society of Bibliophiles, Frankfurt / M. 1969
- Jürgen Eyssen: The "prints of the hundred" in Philobiblon, vol. 24, issue 4., Nov. 1980.