Buchkunst: Beitrage zur Entwicklung der Graphischen Kunste und der Kunst im Buche. Band I [Volume 1 ]
Leipzig: State Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade / Der Staatl. Akademie fur Graphische Kunste und Buchgewersse, 1931. Hardcover. One of 1000 copies. A comprehensive yearbook of the contributions of publishers and printers to the development of graphic arts and art in books. It offers an interesting picture of the book arts in the early 20th century. In addition to 115 reproductions of text pages or illustrations from various presses in Germany and other European countries there are numerous essays in German throughout written by scholars and educators in the printing arts. Bound in paper covered boards with embossed ornament on front cover and linen spine with paper title label. Bumping to corners and a bit of fading to the spine label. Bowing to boards. A few spots to the front endpapers. Hinges weak but text block is firm. Interior pages are clean. Very good condition. Quarto. 139 pages of text plus the 115 images. BOB/121422. Very Good. More