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[JOURNAL - ART NOUVEAU / JUGENDSTIL & SEZESSION] - SCHÄFER, Wilhelm (ed.) Die Rheinlande. Monthly Journal of German Art Düsseldorf, August Bagel Publishing House, 1900–1901, 2 vols. In-4°. Full green cloth with publisher’s illustration. First edition and historic collection highlight of this major avant-garde art journal, bringing together the very first two semiannual volumes (the entirety of the first year of publication, from October 1900 to September 1901). Founded in October 1900 by the writer and art critic Wilhelm Schäfer, *Die Rheinlande* arose from a desire to assert the cultural and artistic identity of the Rhineland provinces in the face of Prussian and Berlin hegemony. It immediately established itself as one of the most influential publications of the Secession and Jugendstil movements in Germany, on par with magazines such as *Pan* and *Jugend*. Our collection comprises the magazine’s first full year, bound in two substantial volumes organized by half-year: • Volume I (October 1900–March 1901): Contains issues 1 through 6 of the first year. It opens with Schäfer’s programmatic manifesto and focuses on promoting the works of the Darmstadt artists’ colony and the Düsseldorf School. • Volume II (April 1901–September 1901): Contains issues 7 through 12. This section provides crucial documentation of the inaugural exhibition of the Mathildenhöhe artists’ colony in Darmstadt (Ein Dokument deutscher Kunst). Its appeal lies in its extraordinary and abundant illustrations: both volumes are replete with inserts, woodcuts, color lithographs, studio reproductions, initial letters, fleurons, and typographic frames typical of the German Art Nouveau style. It features works by Peter Behrens, Hans Thoma, Max Klinger, and Olbrich.