Lothar Meggendorfer Collection
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Summary Information

Title: Lothar Meggendorfer Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1884-1995
Bulk Dates: 1888-1925

Creators:
  • Hosmer, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1913-1995
  • Meggendorfer, Lothar
  • Justin G. Schiller, Ltd.
  • Verlag J.F. Schreiber
Unique Identifier: Collection ZK

Quantity: 5 linear feet of illustrated printing proofs and specimen sheets
  • 5.0 Linear Feet
  • 3 oversize flat boxes, 2 map-case folders

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Special Collections


Abstract:
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.

Language: German , English , French , Czech , Hungarian , Italian , Russian .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-sc-zk
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