Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde
This 1897 periodical from Bielefeld and Leipzig, published by Velhagen & Klasing, was issued by German and Viennese bibliophile societies for book collectors and makers of books. Its pictures reproduce manuscript and printed pages: a painted miniature of a seated scholar in a flowered border, a devotional page with a framed scene and gothic text block, a printed title with a coat of arms and winged figures, and a historiated initial letter with foliage. A designer could draw on the dense integration of text, border ornament and initials, and on the contrast between painted and printed page layouts.
