Exlibris Bookplates Etching Wilm 1887-1953 Bird of Paradise Mark Twain

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Bookplate Harold S. Loeb. Bird of paradise on branch in a circle with inscription "Consider the proportion of things it is better to be a young june bug than an old bird of paradise Mark Twain". Small caterpillar as a remarque.
Wilm, Hubert (1887-1953):
1912. 95 x 70 mm. Etching.
Language: German
Order number: 16260
Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; not with Gutenberg; Blum 110. - Signed and dated in the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's bookplates are among the best works at the beginning of the 20th century. Century and are accordingly sought-after collector's items. "- Smallest assembly remnants on the back.
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Bookplate Harold S. Loeb. Bird of paradise on branch in a circle with inscription "Consider the proportion of things it is better to be a young june bug than an old bird of paradise Mark Twain". Small caterpillar as a remarque. Comments: * Thieme-Becker 36; Vollmer 5; not with Gutenberg; Blum 110. - Signed and dated in the print. Wilm attended the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Paris, joined the 'Jugend' in 1908 and worked as a graphic artist. He has created around 227 bookplates, and his decorative talent has been praised again and again. In 1924 he began to study art history and received his doctorate in 1928 with a thesis on Gothic clay sculptures. In 1931 he ended his artistic activity and worked exclusively as a journalist. Blum (2007, p. 4) writes: "Today, Dr. Hubert Wilm's b