Innendekoration. Die Gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort. Herausgeber: Hofrat Alexander Koch. XL. Jahrgang. Sonderdruck: Ludwig Kozma.
Darmstadt: 1929. In original paper. 15 p. 4t. Inscribed to Oszkár Gellért. More
Darmstadt: 1929. In original paper. 15 p. 4t. Inscribed to Oszkár Gellért. More
Budapest- Arad: Athenaeum, Around 1910. First edition. In original portfolio Folio. 10 coloured plate. Very nice art nouveau portfolio of Transilvanian architecture. More
Berlin und Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags - Anstalt Stuttgart, 1929. With several photographic text illustrations, and reproductions of architectural plans. First German edition. In publisher’s illustrated cloth. (8), VI–XI, (1), (1)–261, (3) p. and 1 folding map. First German edition of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking study on modern urban planning “Urbanisme”. More
16 x 23 cm, Around 1960. Stamp of Herve on the back. More
Budán: A’ Magy. Kir. Egyetemi Nyomda betűivel, 1847. First edition. In later cloth binding. 80 [2] p., 1 folding plate. The first Hungarian work on copper engraving. István Majer (1813–1893) was a Hungarian theologist, bishop, writer and graphic artist. He learned copper engraving and created several popular icons with..... More
[Budapest:]: Magyar Műhely-szövetség, 1933. First edition. In original photographically illustrated wrappers, printed in red and black. With photographical and graphical illustrations on each page. Modernist typography. 48 p. Scarce, richly illustrated modernist brochure introducing the works of the Hungarian Bauhausler, Farkas Molnár, with a foreword by László Moholy Nagy... More
(Budapest): “Építőművészek és mesterek” kiadása (Antiqua Nyomdai és Irodalmi Rt.), 1943. With several photographic reproduction. First edition. In original, photographically illustrated paper, printed in orange and black. (48) p. Richly illustrated brochure on modernist architecture. József Molnár (1902–1983) was a Hungarian modernist architect, co-founder of "Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne"..... More
Budapest: 1943. In original half-cloth binding, in original protective cover. With the author’s plans and drawings; richly illustrated with intertextual and full-page images. Also photos of buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lissityky and others. More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1906 [or 1907]. First edition. In publisher’s stiff paper wrapper portfolio, lettered in black on the front cover. [1] loose leaf (title), 30 plates of photographic reproductions. Extremely scarce and beautiful Art Nouveau portfolio showing Joseph Maria Olbrich’s buildings and designs for the Ladies’ Rose Court in..... More
Budapest: Budai István (Dr. Móricz Miklós nyomda), [1946]. First edition. Text in Hungarian and English. In publisher’s half cloth. Title vignette mounted on front panel. 72 p. First edition of this architectural album, the oeuvre of the Olgyay brothers. The Olgyay brothers, Victor and his identical twin brother Aladar..... More
Paris: Chez L’Autheur ruë St. Anthoine, au coing de St. Paul, a la Plume d’Or, 1647. In contemporary gilt vellum. Plates engraved by Robert Cordier, except for the coat of arms, which was engraved by Poilly (either François or Nicolas). Engraved title, engraved coat of arms, engraved dedication, 10 letterpress..... More
Milan: Galleria Del Milione, 1932. In original paper. 30 p. Alberto Sartoris was an Italian rationalist architect, art historian and theorist of architecture. Between 1916 and 1919 he studied architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Geneva. In 1920 he joined the Futurist movement (until 1923). In 1928 he..... More
Prague; Paris: 1936. 63 p.; 24 p. Photographically illustrated architectural magazine, and essay about glass buildings by a Czech associate of Frank Lloyd Wright. Jaroslav Josef Polívka (1886–1960) was a Czech structural engineer, a collaborator of Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1937, Polívka designed the structural frame of the Czech..... More
Kossuth Ny, 1958. Folio. [2] + 79 t. (some colored plate). More
Berlin: Ch. Claesen & Cie. Buchhandlung für Architektur und Kunstgewerbe, [1890?]. First edition. Text in German and Hungarian. In two volumes. In publisher’s half cloth folder, with printed front panel. 1 [title], 1 [foreword], 30 plates; 1 [title], 30 plates. [= 3 text and 60 photographic plates in 2 volumes.]..... More
Budapest: György és Somogyi Vasalás- és Asztaloskellékek Szaküzlete, (ca. 1935). First edition. Coil bound. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Lajos S. Szőnyi. 36 [65] leaves. Scarce trade catalogue of doors and windows, with drafts to each design. Last two pages with various doorhandles. More
[Leipzig]: gedruckt, bey Christoph Friedrich Rumpffen [Rumpf], [1707]. First edition. First edition. In later half vellum binding, panels covered with marbled paper. Woodcut initials and a headpiece. Engraved frontispiece and plates (many folding). 1 [leaf (frontispiece)] 54 [2] p., and 35 engraved plates. An extremely scarce illustrated German Baroque carpenter’s-..... More
Dated on verso: December 7, 1924. Original vintage photograph. Captioned in Russian on verso in pencil. Mounted on grey cardboard (280 × 210 mm), image size: 220 × 158 mm. Scarce photograph of an early, wooden version of Lenin’s Tomb. After Lenin’s death in January 21, 1924, the..... More
Hradec Králové: (S.n.), (1938). With several photographic illustrations. First edition. Wrappers not numberred but intended to count into the pagination of the brochure. In original photographically illustrated wrappers. 3–54 p. with a 12 page price list. Richly illustrated brochure for the Czech furniture manufacturer company “Skuherský”. More
Praha: Průmyslový svaz kožedělníků (Aldolf Novotný), 1932. With Kurt Stolp’s photomontage on cover. With several photographic text illustrations. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 82, (2) p. Rare photomontage item about the Bata Shoe Company. Cover by the Bauhausler graphic artist Kurt Stolp. Kurt Stolp (1904– 1981) studied at..... More
Márkus: Budapest, 1885. In contemporary cloth. 235 p. 6 plate. Rare book on colour theory. Béla Tafferner (1850-) was a high school teacher from Esztergom. More
Praha: Orbis, 1926. First Czech edition. In publisher’s modernist typographical wrappers, printed in red and black. Richly illustrated, with 77 drawings and photographic reproductions. 20, (8) p. Richly illustrated, first Czech edition of Die Neue Wohnung, die Frau als Schöpferin (The New Dwelling: The Woman as Creator) by Bruno Taut..... More
Budapest: Pátria, 1923. Illustrated title page, printed in green and black. Each chapter start with initial in green. With numerous drawings and photographic reproductions, some full page. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, printed in green and black. 215, (1) p. Thoroczkai-Wigand’s rare work on gardens, gardening and garden architecture..... More
Halle / Saale: Max Niemeyer Verlag, [ca. 1933]. First separate edition. Offprint. Inscribed in Hungarian by the author to Karl Mannheim and his wife, Juliska Lang. In original wrappers. [2] 79–93 [1] p. An essay by Charles de Tolnay inscribed to Karl Mannheim. Charles de Tolnay (1899–1981) was an..... More
Budapest: Táltos, 1916. First edition. Initials printed in red. In original illustrated hard paper. 29, (3) p. and 16 plates. In this work Toroczkai-Wigand gathers his knowledge on Transylvanian architecture and culture. Written in the dialect of Székely Land. He also formulates his own artistic ideas and identifies its sources..... More