Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Höppener
"Der sichtbare und der unsichtbare Mensch"
["The Visible and The Invisible Man"]
study for a Theosophical book cover
circa 1908
ink and pencil on paper
The Daulton Collection
In 1908, Charles Webster Leadbeater's theosophical text Man Visible and Invisible, Examples of Different Types of Men as Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance, was published in German as Der sichtbare und der unsichtbare Menschen, with Fidus's cover illustration. The original English edition was published in 1902 by the Theosophical Publishing Society, London.
The Daulton Collection owns a copy of the German-language 1st edition of Leadbeater's classic theosophical text featuring the cover by Fidus:
