"One of the most precious manifestations of the German Art Nouveau style" - in the rare, gilded original parchment slipper Hofmannsthal, Hugo von. The emperor and the witch. 58 pp., 3 Bl. With multi-coloured intentions in red, green and gold, magnificent double title in Red, Green, Black and Gold by Heinrich Vogeler-Worpswede. 24 x 15.5 cm. OPergament (above minimally impacted) with gold-embossed title, floral inner edge gilding and gold-cutting. In OHalf-Perchmentschuber with parchment opening edges and in several layers rich gilded covers as well as flow padding inside. Berlin, Verlag der Insel bei Schuster & Löffler, "in May 1900". Wilpert-Gühring2 8. Sarkowski 765. Schauer I, 47 and II, Table 11. Jacoby 14. – First book edition. One of 200 numbered copies. Kornfeld, Jugendstil 1968, Nr. 633. "The magnificent double title is one of the most beautiful works of the German Art Nouveau and is at the same time a highlight in the artist's work. For the island publishing house of Otto von Holten, very well printed". Hofstätter, Jugendstil-Druckkunst p. 158 with colour reproduction in original size. Kautzsch, Die neue Buchkunst: "The entire book decoration is published on the title, which is extended over 2 pages, equipped in the richest gold and colour, highly original and of a wonderful decorative effect ... The printing of the dramatic poem in black and red ... is brought to a prominently clear effect in powerful antiquatype by Otto von Holten. The names of the speaking persons are marked in a new, original way by small fillings typographically ....". "The ornament fields ... on the intentions and the double title ... realize the floral and the sentimental variety of the Art Nouveau ... and the train according to the Gesamtkunstwerk, the unity of writing and image, together with the organically moved arrangement, "... one of the most beautiful and precious manifestations of the German Art Nouveau style" (Petzet 1972). – White leaf front and title below with hardly eye-catching, tiny spots, otherwise almost without traces of use, lid hardly thrown, overall a very nice, exceptionally fresh, spot-free specimen in the extremely rare, richly gold-embossed Half-perch thrusters.