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Blue Danube title page — letterpress reprint

The 1867 title page reset in metal type and pressed by hand in Vienna, A3 on Zerkall mould-made paper.

from €28.00VAT included · €0.00 booking fee

42 on the shelf · counted at the counter

Which one

Up to 9 in one order.

Your order

1 × €28.00

€0.00 booking fee · shipping or free collection chosen at checkout

  • Posted the next working day · Austria €4.90, free over €80 · rest of the EU €9.90, free over €120 · rest of world €24.90, free over €250
  • Free collection at our office counter during opening hours — ready the same evening if you order by 15:00
  • 14 days from delivery to change your mind on unopened goods; food and drink excepted by law

Vienna, 15 February 1867

The city’s second anthem flopped on the night

The Blue Danube was written for a men’s choral society and premiered in February 1867 with a text about the carnival. Reviews were tepid, the composer is said to have shrugged, and the choral version disappeared. The orchestral version conquered Paris that summer and never stopped.

This is the title page of that first publication, reset in metal type and printed letterpress on mould-made paper, so the impression is bitten into the sheet. Not a scan, not a poster.

Premiere date and reception are documented music history; the reprint is set and pressed in Vienna.

The particulars

Sheet
A3, 300 g Zerkall mould-made, deckle edge
Printing
Letterpress, two colours, hand-fed platen
Edition
Open, each sheet dated on the reverse
Weight
160 g rolled
Made in
Vienna

Getting it home

  • Rolled in a cardboard tube — cabin bags are fine, and airlines do not count a tube as a second bag.

  • Do not fold it. The impression cracks along a fold and cannot be pressed out.

  • Framed version is collection only, because glass.

Not sure? Ask at the counter or call +43 1 934 66 40 — we would rather you carried it than lost it at security.

This one at a glance

Price, stock, shipping, collection and the return window checked against our own terms on .
What
Blue Danube title page — letterpress reprint
Made by
The 1867 title page reset in metal type and pressed by hand in Vienna, A3 on Zerkall mould-made paper.
Made in
Vienna
Material
A3, 300 g Zerkall mould-made, deckle edge
Weight
160 g rolled
Price
From €28.00, per the choice above, VAT included, €0.00 booking fee — the maker’s own price, not a marked-up one.
Stock
42 on the shelf · counted at the counter — a number we counted on our own shelf, printed as a fact. Nothing here runs on a clock.
Delivery
Austria €4.90, free over €80 · rest of the EU €9.90, free over €120 · rest of world €24.90, free over €250 · alcohol within the EU only · free at our office counter, the same evening if you order by 15:00.
Returns
You have 14 days from the day the parcel is delivered to return unopened goods, food and drink excepted by law. If something arrives damaged we pay the return postage. A refund is started the same day and lands in three to five bank days, on the card that paid.

Not verified

The workshop facts on this page — founding years, production figures, recipes — are carried from our buying notes and were not re-read against the makers on the day the shop’s own terms were checked.

Questions guests ask

The six that apply to everything on the shelf, then the ones about this object.

  • What does shipping cost?

    Austria €4.90, free over €80 of shop goods. The rest of the European Union €9.90, free over €120. Rest of the world €24.90, free over €250. The same figures run the checkout, and our handling fee is €0 on all three.

  • Can I collect it at your counter instead?

    Yes, free, at our office counter — Monday to Friday 09:00–18:00, Saturday 09:00–19:00, Sunday 10:00–16:00. Order by 15:00 and it is waiting the same evening, which is the sensible route if you are at a concert that night.

  • Can I change my mind?

    You have 14 days from the day the parcel is delivered to return unopened goods, food and drink excepted by law. If something arrives damaged we pay the return postage. A refund is started the same day and lands in three to five bank days, on the card that paid.

  • Do you gift wrap?

    €4 a parcel: a grey board box, claret ribbon and a card written by hand at the counter with whatever you dictate. The packing slip goes out without prices, so nobody unwraps a number.

  • What happens with customs outside the EU?

    Goods leaving the EU are zero-rated, so the price you pay us carries no Austrian VAT — and the import VAT and any duty are then collected by the courier before delivery. We cannot pay it for you and we would rather say so on this page than let it arrive as a surprise.

  • Is the maker’s own price marked up?

    No. We buy at the workshop’s trade price and sell at the price the workshop itself charges, so the address on the box costs you nothing. Every product page names the workshop, and our handling fee is €0.

  • Is this an original 1867 print?

    No, and originals cost four figures at auction. This is an honest reprint: same design, new type, new paper, dated on the back so nobody can pass it off later.

  • Does it come with the music?

    The title page only. If you want playable sheet music, the counter stocks the piano reduction for €12.

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