Földvári Books

Yearbook of Architecture Students

Janszky, Béla; Kozma, Lajos; Tátray, Lajos

Megfagyott muzsikus 1906. [Frozen Musician 1906.]

Budapest: Pátria, 1906. With numerous text illustrations, many by Kozma. Title page, initials head and tail pieces also by him. Many of the illustrations coloured and one mounted. First edition. Limited. One of 300 numbered copies. Japanese-bound. In publisher’s wrappers, with illustrated title vignette by Lajos Kozma. 50 p. Some folded pages are trimmed. Paper yellowed due to ageing. First 2 leaves somewhat dusted at lower right corner. Binding artistically restored. Overall in very good condition.

Art Nouveau Yearbook of the students of architecture at the Royal Joseph Technical University.

With many illustrations by Lajos Kozma and his fellows at the university artist group “Fiatalok” (Youth), a circle of architects who were studied the Hungarian folklore and combined its motives and ornaments with the characteristics of Art Nouveau and the style of the Wiener Werkstätte.

The first number was published in 1898 by Jenő Kismarty-Lechner, later Lajos Kozma, Károly Kós and the Bauhausler Farkas Molnár were also among the editors and illustrators.

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Price: €600.00