Berliner Bilder

München: Simplicissimus-Verlag GmbH, 1924. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Folio. (1) 48 (1) plates. Original illustrated textured tan wraps with red lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. A collection of forty-eight plates of caricatures, sixteen of them in color, by the German painter Karl Arnold. The caricatures are rendered lithographically. Arnold was known for his drawings in the periodical Simplicissimus, founded by publisher Albert Langen in 1896. Though attacked and threatened by the Nazis, the magazine was not banned and existed with a few interruptions until 1967. Most of the drawings are full page with eight pages showing multiple images and texts. Text in German, Gothic script or handwriting. Very light smudging and a few spots on cover. Light wear at bottom foredge corner of first five plates. interior lightly age-toned.