128 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; GERMAN text throughout, in plain type, with a few illustrations having Fraktur script. Hardcover, gray decorated cloth, top edge inked blue, 101 + 3 pages + 24 glossy unnumbered plates, total 128 pages, index, 90 b/w illustrations on plates, 310 illustrations in text, total 400 strikingly beautiful illustrations of antique b/w German bookplates of the 1800s to 1922, with artist's names. Art Nouveau predominates. ; Cover design by Fritz Wittlinger. Bookplates in this volume are decorated with all manner of graphic art including coats of arms, human figures, fabulous beasts, agricultural scenes, books and bookshelves, sailing ships, floral patterns, architectural masterpieces, ornate geometrical designs, etc. ; Cloth spotted, front endpaper stamped "Detroit School of Applied Art," lovely vintage b/w bookplate on rear endpaper, a touch of foxing here and there, 5 leaves creased at tip, not affecting any text or illustrations. Scarce.
Title: Moderne Deutsche Gebrauchs Exlibris, mit 400 Abbildungen, das : The Modern German Artistic Bookplate, with 400 Illustrations
Location Published: Franz Hanfstaengl: 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Item: 0.90 lbs
Categories: Art
Seller ID: 24333
Keywords: artists, bookplate, bookplates, commercial art, design, designers, german language, graphic arts, symbolism, symbology, symbols
