Johannes Schlaf: Spring, sole edition 1907, designed by Stanislaw Wyspianski?

Title: Spring

Author: Schlaf Johannes

Subject description:

Notes: Interesting anonymous cover design, above interludes in the text in the Art Nouveau style, possibly by Stanislaw Wyspianski.

The item is not listed by both Straus 2021 and Tondel 2019

Condition:

Piece uncut, binding sticks out of the block, binding quite badly damaged and slightly damaged, block quite clean, slightly damaged, no inscriptions or stamps. Item in more than good condition

Grading of the state of preservation:

• perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
• very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
• nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
• quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
• more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), fairly insignificant, not very significant defects
• at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
• good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
• less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
• more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
• at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
• Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct

The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.