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The Bachstitz Gallery Collection: Volume III, Objects of Art and Paintings (Volume 3 only)
by The Bachstitz Gallery; Otto von Falke (Preface by); G. Gronau (Text by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g- to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
The Hague: The Bachstitz Gallery, 1921. Limited First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. 1/300. Folio (17 1/2 x 14"). [10]pp (Text), 103 tissue-guarded leaves (Plates), as issued. Original 3/4 vellum over paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers.
Third volume of a three-volume set being a monumental photo-illustrated catalogue of the artworks contained at the Bachstitz Gallery, in The Hague, Netherlands.
The first volume was a catalogue of paintings and tapestries; The second volume, in German, was a catalogue of "Antike, byzantinische, islamische Arbeiten der Kleinkunst und des kunstgewerbes antike Skulpturen" (Antique, Byzantine, Islamic crafts, and antique sculptures).
This third volume is devoted to objects of arts and paintings. It is splendidly illustrated with no less than 103 full-page photogravures, all facing their captioned tissue-guards.
One of 300 copies, of which this is No. 128.
Moderate shelf wear. some soiling to covers and spine. Front endpaper slightly creased. Upper tip of pages slightly bumped (not affecting lettering or plates). Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.
Third volume of a three-volume set being a monumental photo-illustrated catalogue of the artworks contained at the Bachstitz Gallery, in The Hague, Netherlands.
The first volume was a catalogue of paintings and tapestries; The second volume, in German, was a catalogue of "Antike, byzantinische, islamische Arbeiten der Kleinkunst und des kunstgewerbes antike Skulpturen" (Antique, Byzantine, Islamic crafts, and antique sculptures).
This third volume is devoted to objects of arts and paintings. It is splendidly illustrated with no less than 103 full-page photogravures, all facing their captioned tissue-guards.
One of 300 copies, of which this is No. 128.
Moderate shelf wear. some soiling to covers and spine. Front endpaper slightly creased. Upper tip of pages slightly bumped (not affecting lettering or plates). Binding in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43858
- Title
- The Bachstitz Gallery Collection: Volume III, Objects of Art and Paintings (Volume 3 only)
- Author
- The Bachstitz Gallery; Otto von Falke (Preface by); G. Gronau (Text by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First edition
- Publisher
- The Bachstitz Gallery
- Place of Publication
- The Hague
- Date Published
- 1921
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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