Narziß und Goldmund (Narcissus and Goldmund) by Hermann Hesse, 1970 Fischer edition
Contributed by Stephen Coles on Jun 4th, 2013. Artwork published in
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Cover by Kurt Wirth, although it’s not clear whether he was responsible for more than the illustration. I looked for other Fischer books from this era that used Pascal, but couldn’t find any. Your help is welcome!
That’s a crazy eszett. Obviously Mendoza wasn’t German, but I would expect something more refined from him. The rest of the typeface is a gem and largely undiscovered.
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I came across this one recently via Aqua-Velvet. No, I’m not aware of any other Fischer paperbacks with Pascal. Several from this period – early ’70s – use the crazy Thalia.
There is an earlier edition (1966) with basically the same illustration by Wirth (in the original colors?), but with standard Helvetica: