About the cover:

Half vellum binding White calf vellum over thin cover covered with soft laid paper, printed in shades of grey with computer-drawn line composition, above small blind-stamped dots and several groups of 3 light yellow short lines, barbed edges, paper endpapers, endpapers printed similarly to the covers, light grey three-quarter cloth hinged case, front cover coloured paper covered with pigment print with fine, brownish lines on blue-grey F-Color, printed long title (from top to bottom) on light grey paper label, glued in a slight depression on the back of the box, in the box at the bottom is the suite printed on China paper in a paper cover, as well as one of the nine copper engraving plates by Peter Stein.

About the content:

Hermann Lenz: Poems,

Peter Stein: copper engravings

One-off special edition of 2,000 copies, Ex. No. IV of IX of the special edition with a suite on China paper and one of the nine copper plates crossed out after printing

Concept: Mechthild Lobisch, Gauting, Typographische Gesellschaft München 1990. Hermann Lenz (1913-1998) was a German writer and poet. Peter Stein (1922-2015) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist and draughtsman.

About the artist: Mechthild Lobisch belongs to a circle of people who have dealt extensively with contemporary binding techniques and design. As a trained bookbinder, she has spent a lifetime working with great passion and dedication on the craftsmanship and formal quality of books. As an appointed professor, her work at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle was widely respected, where she led the Conceptual Art Book class in the Art Department, specialising in painting/graphics, from 1995-2006. It is thanks to her that a group of her graduates have had a lasting influence on German bookbinding art ever since.