Die Insel. Monatsschrift mit Buchschmuck und Illustrationen, herausgegeben von O. J. Bierbaum, A. W. Heymel und R. A. Schröder. I. Jahrgang. 2. Quartal, No. 4. Januar. 1900.
Berlin und Leipzig: Schuster und Loeffler (W. Drugulin, Leipzig), 1900. The 6 large or full-page illustrations and the text illustrations, just as the illustrated title page for Hofmannstahl’s Der Kaiser und die Hexe, are designed by Heinrich Vogeler. First edition. With the signature of the contributor, Detlev von Liliencron on p. 67. Printed on thick, handmade paper. In publisher’s patterned wrappers, with title vignette on the front panel. 118 p. Cover chipped. Pages untrimmed. Overall in very good condition.
Illustrated literary and art magazine, contains besides other works, Hofmannsthal's “Der Kaiser und die Hexe”, Robert Walser’s poem “Glück”, and it is signed by Detlev von Liliencron after his poem.
Die Insel was one of the most important German literary magazines of early modernism, published between 1899 and 1901.
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