Illustrations from Der Orchideengarten (1919), the world's first fantasy magazine

Otto Linnekogel, illus. for Gogol, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Otto Linnekogel, illus. for Gogol, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, Vampyr, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Rolf Winkler, illus. for Poe's Amontillado, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Max Schenke, illus. for Poe's Hop-frog, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

M. Christiani, Das andere Reich, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

H. H. Bummerstedt, Der Gefangene, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Otto Muck, illus. from Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Otto Linnekogel, illus. for Der Grunespiegel by Toni Schwabe, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Karl Rabus, illus. for Ein Sonderbarer Brief by Georg P. M. Roose, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Oskar Schon, Erscheinung, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Paul Neu, illus. for Aufstand in Nirwana by K. Roellinghoff, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Rolf v. Hoerschelmann, Abendfriede, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Wilhelm Heise, Der Traum (for story by Rudolf Schneider), Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Max Schenke, illus. for Cafe Lazarus by Max Krell, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

K.R., from Der Orchideengarten, 1919

E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, illus. for story by Sologub, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Thank you Waggish for turning me on to Sologub

E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, illus. for story by Sologub, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, illus. for story by Sologub, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, illus. for Die Bernsteinhexe by Wilhelm Meinhold, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Otto Nuckel, illus. for Die Ernte by A. M. Frey, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Max Schenke, Der Morder, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Max Schenke, Amputation, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Illus. from Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Schmidtbauer, Tischrucken, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Paul Humpoletz, drop cap from Der Orchideengarten, 1919

Rolf v. Hoerschelmann, illus. for Der Saulenheilige, Der Orchideengarten, 1919

detail

I put this post together for the inaugural issue of Scanzine (the theme is "horror"). Scanzine is an English duo—Alex and Graeme—who put up posters wired to the web with smartphone-scannable barcodes.

Title via Darwin.

Information on Der Orchideengarten can be found at the previous posts