Das Kochbuch der Blinden
Marburg, Verlag der Blindenstudienanstalt, 1961. Jorns, Emil. Das Kochbuch der Blinden. [FIRST EDITION] Verlag der Blindenstudienanstalt: Marburg, 1961. 4to (350x290mm) two vols, qtr bnd black cloth, grey marbled bds, kraft, [4],112; [4], 118pp. In German Braille. Near Fine
Second-hand hardcover
JÖRNS, Emil (1901–1972).
Das Kochbuch der Blinden.
Marburg/Lahn: Verlag der Blindenstudienanstalt, 1961. First edition. Two volumes, 4to, quarter black cloth, marbled boards, printed paper spine and title labels, the spines lettered in Braille; brown kraft-paper leaves [4], 112; [4], 118pp. Printed throughout in German Braille. Bestell-Nr. 2237–2238. Board edges lightly rubbed, one page in volume II showing a small sign of use; light shelfwear. A near-fine copy.
¶ A rare example of post-war German Braille publishing devoted to domestic cookery. Das Kochbuch der Blinden contains 452 recipes and was issued by the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt at Marburg under the institutional order numbers 2237–2238.
Founded in 1916, the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt became an important centre of education, Braille printing and accessible publishing for blind readers in Germany. Its publishing programme extended beyond educational and literary works to practical manuals, including cookery and household books. A 1965 institutional price-list records Kochbuch der Blinden among only four domestic cookery and household titles under “Schriften für die Hausfrau in Blindenschrift”, indicating the limited provision of Braille publications in this practical domestic genre.
Jörns was a teacher, local historian and genealogist associated principally with Northeim and Lower Saxony and published extensively on regional history and genealogy. His bibliography also includes works on eugenics and racial hygiene published during the National Socialist period. Das Kochbuch der Blinden is consequently an unusual departure from his better-known regional and genealogical writings and provides an uncommon example of his involvement in practical literature produced specifically for blind readers.
An uncommon record of German Braille publishing, accessible domestic education and the post-war publishing activities of the Marburg institution.
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