Deutsche Wohn- & Festräume aus sechs Jahrhunderten

Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large quarto. xvi (Text), 235, (4)pp. Plates. Original olive quarter cloth over olive boards with gilt gilt ruling and lettering on black-stamped labels of cover and spine. Bauformen-Bibliothek sixth volume.

Illustrated with distinctive 304 b/w photographic reproductions, this sixth volume of the Bauformen-Bibliothek series is a splendid pictorial survey of reception rooms and banquet halls in Germany from 1201 to 1826. The rooms featured in this book are large and tastefully furnished with contemporary furniture and many are shown with walls adorned with stunning tapestries and frescos. Text in German. Binding with light wear along edges, small chips at corners and spine lightly sunned. Endpapers browned with dealer sticker on inside front cover. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.