Descrizione

First American edition, First State with the printing accomplished in Germany. Colour printing by Dr. Selle and Co. Berlin. Letterpress by Otto v. Holten. With 122 very fine full-page colour plates both tipped on and by direct transfer, reproducing over 2000 decorative motives from the arts of Asia, Primitive Europe, North, Central, and South America, Africa, Oceania, and from the peasant arts of Europe. Paintings by Bollacher, Tilke, Dengler, Erigh and Alberts (Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Potsdam). Photography by Wasmuth. Folio, very attractively bound in polished black cloth over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with a black morocco label gilt lettered and ruled. ix, (iii), 35 pages, 122 colored plates. A fine copy, the binding, the text-block, paper and colourplates all in excellent condition, just a touch of age to the edges.