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DAS HOLZSCHNITTBUCH
by Westheim, Paul
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1921. Very good plus.. First edition of this study of the woodcut from the 15th to the early 20th century by Das Kunstblatt publisher and art historian Paul Westheim. Illustrated with examples of the art by Dürer, Holbein, Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel, André Derain, and many others. 9.5'' x 7.5''. Original brown pictorial boards backed in tan cloth. Brown endpapers. 144 black and white illustrations. 191, [1] pages followed by publisher's advertisements. Light edgewear and scuffing. Boards slightly bowed, spine sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49345
- Title
- DAS HOLZSCHNITTBUCH
- Author
- Westheim, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gustav Kiepenheuer
- Place of Publication
- Potsdam
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- 20th century,European,Art,15th century,16th century,17th century,18th century,19th century,Modern Art
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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