Zarathustra in leather

The most beautiful book cover of the Jugendstil

There is a spectacular rediscovery to celebrate: the most important book cover of German Jugendstil was thought to have been lost since the Second World War and has now turned up in a private collection. The graphic artist, painter and architect Peter Behrens (1868-1940) had already been highly creative and successful as a book designer at the turn of the century.
He created a highlight of 20th century binding art in 1902 with the splendid binding for Friedrich Nietzsche's work ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’.