PAN. Berlin: Otto Julius Bierbaum, Julius Meier-Graefe, April 1895-April 1900. - 21 folio volumes. Paperback, illustrated front cover, in 5 modern black percaline-covered slipcases, black morocco title-piece. Hoffstätter, Jugendstil and Art Nouveau, 1985. Complete collection of the German magazine Pan, one of the graphic jewels of the Jugendstil (Germany's equivalent of Art Nouveau). Founded in Berlin in 1895 by poet Otto Julius Bierbaum and art critic Julius Meier-Graefe, this magazine of art and literature was published until 1900. Printed on premium vat paper, it opened its pages to the first publications of young writers and artists, and the original prints it offered familiarized the public with new art forms. Peter Behrens, Otto Eckmann, Ludwig von Hofmann, Walter Leistikow, August Endell, Joseph Sattler and Fidus were regular contributors. The simple, aesthetic typography is composed of two harmoniously proportioned columns, accompanied by vignettes in the text. Full-page engravings, presented separately, were mostly conceived not as illustrations for the texts, but as independent works. The publication includes a total of 225 hors-texts - including 100 original engravings, often in color - produced using traditional processes such as copperplate engraving. Among them is Toulouse-Lautrec's famous color lithograph bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender. The magazine also provided a forum for new typography: Henry Van de Velde published his essay in favor of a synthesis of the arts, entitled Allgemeine Bemerkungen zu einer Synthese der Kunst. A very good copy in the publisher's brochure of this exceptional journal. Restoration to spine, December 1895-January 1896 cover rebacked.