Facsimile edition of the illustrated fair copy together with the Mendelssohn-Archiv of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. and here you are: the typesetted modern edition of ‘Das Jahr’

In addition to vignettes and an extraordinarily beautiful notation there is a short poetic introduction to each month’s piece. This romantic “multi-media” work of art made by Fanny and Wilhelm Hensel will appeal not only to lovers of graphic beauty or people feeling at home in the 19th cen...