Top Ten Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers from 1896

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Here’s my top ten Jugend vintage magazine covers from its first year of publication in 1896. Jugend, meaning ‘Youth’, was a German art magazine that with its variety of front cover styles and being loaded with illustrations, led the way for Germany’s Art Nouveau artists.

It’s amazing to think that such a substantial periodical was published weekly. In the links below you can page through the editions, you will get a good idea of the scale of work tat was involved in producing the weekly publication, …in 1896.

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 7 February 15th 1896 — Jugend Number 7 | February 15th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 8 February 22nd 1896 — Jugend Number 8 | February 22nd, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 14 April 4th 1896 — Number 14 | April 4th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 16 April 18th 1896 — Jugend Number 16 | April 18th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 48 November 28th 1896 — Jugend Number 48 | November 28th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 40 October 3rd 1896 — Jugend Number 40 | October 3rd, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 35 August 29th 1896 — Jugend Number 35 | August 29th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 32 August 8th 1896 — Jugend Number 32 | August 8th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 23 June 6th 1896 — Jugend Number 23 | June 6th, 1896

Jugend Vintage Magazine Covers Number 20 July 18th 1896 — Jugend Number 20 | July 18th, 1896

One of the best sources for researching Jugend is the veritable Heidelberg University Library.
This link will bring you to the first 26 issues published in 1896.
You can make up your own mind about my personal top ten choices.