Austrian Illustrated Books · Fritzi Löw · Original Colour Lithographs
The Sweet Poison of Sin — Fritzi Löw’s Viennese Illustrated Book of Eighteenth-Century Love Poems
Edited by Victor Fleischer · Illustrated by Fritzi Löw · Vienna, c. 1920–1924
Catalogue details
Description
An intimate German-language anthology of eighteenth-century love poetry presented as a whimsical “remedy” for those in need of the sweet poison of sin. Its playful title and vividly decorated covers give the book the character of a small Viennese artist’s book rather than a conventional literary anthology.
- Dimensions
- Measurements gladly provided on request
- Editor
- Victor Fleischer
- Illustrator
- Fritzi Löw
- Title
- Das süße Gift der Sünde
- Imprint
- Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna
- Date
- c. 1920–1924; undated in supplied title-page photograph
- Language
- German
- Illustrations
- Twelve original colour lithographs advertised on title page; exact number present unverified
- Binding
- Original illustrated paper boards with textile spine
- Condition
- Please consult the photographs for condition. Additional photographs are available on request.
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Historical context & sources
Fritzi Löw and the Illustrated Page
The title page expressly credits Fritzi Löw with twelve original colour lithographs and ornamental book decoration. The photographed double-page opening for “Ein Traum” shows the verse beside an delicately coloured, decorative image of a woman near a stream. The edition forms part of the early twentieth-century Viennese tradition of richly illustrated miniature and gift books.
Edition and Dating
The photographed title page does not carry a date. Bibliographical descriptions attribute this title to the period around 1920, with another catalogue identifying 1924. The present copy is therefore dated approximately c. 1920–1924, pending examination of any colophon. A reference catalogue gives approximately 115 pages, but the present volume has not been collated.
