Shelfmark
Oa.1.11-Oa.1.14, Oa.1.27
Additional shelfmark
Idd7.5.81 (v. 45 n. 17)
Main entry--uniform title
Simplicissimus (Munich, Germany : 1896-1944).
Title
Simplicissimus.
Varying form of title
Simplicissimus album.
Varying form of title
Kriegsnummern der Simplicissimus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
München : Simplicissimus Verlag, 1896-1944.
Physical description
49 v. : ill. (some col.), 39 cm.
Note
Some of the more important artists/illustrators in the pre-1925 period : Karl Arnold, Thomas Theodor Heine, Olaf Gulbransson, Eduard Thöny, Alfred Kubin, Heinrich Kley, Pascin [i.e. Julius Pincas], Heinrich Zille.
Citation/references note
Some details of the magazine's history and about some of its contributing artists given in : Appelbaum, Stanley : Simplicissimus : 180 satirical drawings from the famous German weekly (New York ; Dover Publications, Inc., 1975).
Numbering peculiarities note
Each Jahrgang covers the April to March period ; weekly issues within each Jahrgang numbered from 1 [first April issue] to 51, 52, or 53 [last March issue].
Provenance
Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.
Binding
[Oa.1.11-Oa.1.14] Black leather quarter binding with gold lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.
Binding
[Oa.1.27] Green leather quarter binding with gold lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards and endpapers, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.
Copy-specific note
ECL holds: v. 19, 1914-15 (Oa.1.27); v. 20, 1915-16 (Oa.1.11); v. 21, 1916-17 (Oa.1.12); v. 22, 1917-18 (Oa.1.13); v. 23, 1918-1919 (Oa.1.14) ; v.45 n. 17, 28 April 1940 (Idd7.5.81).
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Oa.1.27 previously Ob.1.12.
Subject
Periodicals Satire.
Subject
Periodicals Humor.
Subject
Periodicals Caricatures.
Subject
Periodicals Nationalism and politics Art.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Best & Co. binder.
Added entry--name
Simplicissimus Verlag printer.
Added entry--place
Germany München.
Identifier
B29585