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Summary Information
Lothar Meggendorfer Collection 1884-1995 1888-1925
- Hosmer, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1913-1995
Collection ZK
5 linear feet of illustrated printing proofs and specimen sheets- 5.0 Linear Feet
- 3 oversize flat boxes, 2 map-case folders
The Lothar Meggendorfer collection
includes over one hundred items related to German artist-paper engineer Lothar Meggendorfer
(1847-1925). Meggendorfer created well over 100 children's books and gained international
acclaim in the late nineteenth century. The collection consists primarily of large printing
specimens of page samples and pictorial cover labels. Also included are proofs of
illustrations and publishing advertisements, largely acquired from the collection of his
second publishing house, J.F. Schreiber of Esslingen, Germany. German , English ,
French , Czech ,
Hungarian , Italian , Russian .
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