Neue Schriftblätter [. . .] (Max Körner)

Although we’ve shortened the title above, Google translates the full title to New typefaces for writing lessons and practical application in advertising art and typeface painting. That’s probably close enough for describing this portfolio of twenty-two alphabets on seventeen loose sheets. Seventeen of those alphabets are reproduced in this later book by Max Körner. So that means that much of what we wrote for that book applies here, namely This [thing] is fucking awesome; Like, a real breath-taker-awayer; and A total stunner. Now some some advice: Get this. Open a bookstore and gallery. In the gallery, put all the shows inside flat files. Put these loose prints in the drawers for a little exhibition. Sit back and watch the people come. Done.

Super rare. WorldCat lists only three libraries in the US with possession of this title: NYPL, Newberry, and National Gallery of Art Library. Nine libraries in Germany have it. And that’s it.