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Animalia & Fantasia
The Magical Worlds & Fantastic Creatures of Professor Anton Seder 1886-1903
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Explore psychedelic starfish, omniscient owls, sinuous dragons, bizarre imaginary sea creatures, and other early fantasy masterpieces in brilliant detail.
Animalia & Fantasia: The Magical Worlds & Fantastic Creatures of Professor Anton Seder features full-page, full-color presentations of Anton Seder's artwork as well as numerous close-up, high-resolution details that allow you to immerse yourself in this Art Nouveau pioneer's beautiful and strange visions of creatures both real and imagined.
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What Sets A Century Guild Book Apart?
Museum-grade imaging from original artworks
We photograph and scan artworks using museum-level equipment to capture details often missed in standard or even professional-grade reproductions, giving you the closest possible experience to seeing the art in person.
Previously unpublished research and rarely-seen material
In many cases, we've been able to identify newly attributed artists and present previously unpublished history.
LUXURIOUSLY CRAFTED
No cost is spared in producing books with exceptional quality, often involving custom-dyed covers, spot varnishing, and paper selection that push today's printing standards to their limits.
Direct from the ORIGINAL MATERIALS
Images are faithfully captured from the rare, original period artworks in the Century Guild collection, not from third-party sources.
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From 1895-1899, Professor Anton Seder painstakingly labored to create a series of groundbreaking artworks depicting all manner of creatures magical and mundane. Professor Anton Seder was an educator and Director of the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School) in Strasbourg, France from 1889 to 1915. During his tenure, he created a series of artworks exploring creatures from the realm of imagination, and creatures from our own world, all viewed through a unique and fantastic lens wherein the details of historical classical illustration converged beautifully with the aesthetics of Art Nouveau.
Rare artworks you won't find online
While the internet is a magnificent repository of data, at Century Guild we still love curling up with books! And many–if not most–of the images presented here are not available on the internet at all. Each image was captured from the original artwork, professionally photographed and meticulously color corrected, and printed for you to enjoy at the highest resolution possible.
