Collection of Hungarian Books.
A collection of 14 private press works published in Hungary. Included are a number of the works of Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942). The Borda Antikvárium was founded in Budapest by Lajos and Gloria Borda in 1977. It published 27 catalogues between 1993 and 2008. Since 1992, it has published bibliographies, artists' books and bibliophile editions. In 2005, it moved from Budapest to the village of Zebegény.
Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools: First Tenth) (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in Hugarian and German. Limited to 50 numbered copies with signatures on colophon. Translated by Lázló Márton. Original engravings by István Orosz, anamorphic illustrations, forming the image of a skull, when viewed at a distance. Typography by Edit Zigány. Text from the Basler initial issue of 1494. Handbound by Agnes Vankó and János Juhász with unique, artistic leather bindings. A late 15th century satire, critical of the state of the Roman Catholic Church. 4to. Decorated leather with dust jacket, slip case. Unpaginated. ISBN 9638006196.
Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools, Second Tenth). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2001). Limited to 50 numbered copies. As above, with signatures. ISBN 9638006320.
Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff (A Ship of Fools, Third Tenth). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium Zebegény, 2003). Limited to 50 numbered copies. As above, with signatures. ISBN 9638006188.
Brant, Sebastian, A Bolondok Hajoja (A Ship of Fools). (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2008). Text in Hungarian. First Hungarian edition, limited to 33 numbered copies. The complete set of Brant's satires of the state of the Roman church in the late 15th century, and over a hundred matters considered (by Brant) as fooleries, including book collecting. Marginal notes accompany text. Translated with an essay by Martón László. Table of contents. Binding by Janos Juhász. 4to. Decorated leather boards, dust jacket, slip case. 369,(3) pages. ISBN: 9789638006479.
Sandor, Weöres, Fantasie Orientale (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1994). Limited to 69 numbered copies. Dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Yugoslav Civil War of the early 1990s. Designed by Zigány Edit. Signed color illustration by Konok Tamás of Kéri Imre's graphic workshop.4to. Quarter cloth, paper-covered boards; top edge cut, other edges uncut, slip case. (iv), 9, (7) pages.
Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in German. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Binding by Janos Juhász. Typography by György Haiman and Dóra Keresztes. Original engravings by István Orosz. Signed on colophon by Keresztes and Orosz. 4to. Decorated leather boards, dust jacket, slip case. 51, (5) pages. ISBN: 963800617X.
Lajos, Parti Nagy, Petöfi Barguzinban (Zebegény: Borda Antikvárium, 2009). Limited to sixty numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Works of Sándor Petöfi (1823-1849), Hungarian poet and one of the leaders of the Hungarian revolution of 1848, presumed to have been killed in the Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles in the Hungarian uprising against the Austrian Empire, although some accounts relate that he did not die but languised in a Russian prison. Designed and illustrated, and signed, by Felvidéki András. Oblong 4to. Decorated cloth boards. Unpaginated.
ISBN: 9789638006509.
Jenö, Heltai, A Könyv-Ember (Paper Man) (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1992). Limited to 150 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Jenö (1871-1957) was a Hungarian Zionist journalist and poet who sold his book collection upon falling in love with a young woman. But he then found a rare book shortly before the wedding and chose the book over the prospective bride. Designed by Haiman György. 4to. Handmade stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 7+(1) pages.
Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 82 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Illustrations by Felvidéki András with signature on colophon. 12mo. Paper-covered boards. 62, (2) pages. ISBN: 9638006218.
Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Kiadása: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 82 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Commemorating the work of Haiman György. Illustrations by Kiss István. 4to. Cloth with author and title gilt-stamped on front board and spine. 46, (2) pages. ISBN: 963800620X.
Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel, (N.P.: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Limited to 112 numbered copies. Text in Hungarian. Illustrated and signed by Bányai István. Illustrations tipped in. 12mo. Stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006234.
Maspero, Francesco (editor), Esopus Fabulai (Budapest, Borda Antikvárium, 1997). Numbered copy. Illustrated and signed by Regina Szász. This work was based on her university diploma project. Text in Hungarian and Italian. Glossary of archaic words. Numerous foldout leaves. 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers bound by string, edges uncut. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006099.
Sandor, Weöres Talákozásom Sevcsenkóval (Encounters with Shevchenko) (Budapest, Borda Antikvárium, 1998). Text in Hungarian. Based on the work of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-61), who played an important role in establishng modern Ukrainian literature. Bound, illustrated by Szász Regina, signed on colophon. Gilt illustrations with facsimiles of handwritten insciptions on tissue throughout text. Oblong 8vo. Stiff paper wrappers, gilt-stamped, in gilt-stamped portfolio. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9638006145.
Zweig, Stefan, Buchmendel (Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1999). Text in Hungarian. Limited to 82 numbered copies. Illustrations by Gyarfas Gabor, signed on colophon. 12mo. Paper-covered boards. 45, (3) pages. ISBN: 9638006153.
About the artists:
Istvan Kiss is a graphic artist and typographics expert, graduate of the Hungarian Arts and Crafts University.
István Bányai (b. 1949) earned a B.F.A. at the Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design, immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1985.
Gyarfas Gabor (b. 1946) graduated from the College of Applied Arts and is a graphic design artist.
András Felvidéki (b. 1946) also graduated from the College of Applied Arts and is a graphic designer and a poster designer.
Tamás Konok (b. 1930) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, and is a painter and sculptor.
István Orosz (b. 1951) earned his degree from Moholo-Nagy, and is a painter, printer, and graphic designer.
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