ONE OF 40 COPIES

(GRIMM, BRDR.) PETER HEIDRICH. NORBERT HERTWIG.

Sneewittchen.

(Kunsthochschule Berlin, 1990).

Large 8vo Original illustrated paper boards with printed title label to front board and to spine. Lower front hinge with a tear. Lower capital worn. Otherwise in very nice condition. Internally near mint. 35, (1) pp (being bifilois, unopened) + interleaved with 3 parchment-like (semi see-through) leaves with illustrations. Richly illustrated throughout, mostly full-page illustrations, many with gold. 

cover, printed in "den Werkstätten der Kunsthochschule Berlin" Only 40 copies printed.  Spine is loose on the right, bottom side, halfway through the spine. Slight wear but otherwise in a clean and neat condition. 15 illustrations alongside text + 3 illustrations on special paper.

Scarce, wonderfully illustrated version of Sow White - one of merely 40 copies, printed at the workshop of the Berlin University of the Arts (Kunsthochschule Berlin) in 1990. Illustrations and design by Norbert Hertwig (1959-), under the mentor Matthias Gubig (1942-), who from 1984 until his retirement in 2007 was a lecturer, instructor, and, from 1992, professor of graphic design and typography at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art.
The text is an interpretation by thelogian and linguist Peter Heidrich (1929-2007) of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale Snow White. 

Peter Heidrich studied Protestant theology at the University of Rostock. Later, he became a lecturer in Ancient Greek and Latin there. His Socratic teaching methods and his lectures on Faust II and Dante's Divine Comedy shaped his students from 1960 onwards. His interpretations of fairy tales, his lectures on numerology, astrology, and Buddhism were particularly outstanding. 

Order-nr.: 63392