first edition Original Wraps
Nd · Dresden
by Herzing, M.
Dresden: Gertrud Reinhold, Nd. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. decorated wrappers, front cover paper label, twine spine fastener. Near fine. 23.5 x 24.5 cm. Ten original etchings executed early 20th century, presenting buildings and scenes perhaps no longer extant as a result of WW II bombing. Laid-in is sepia colored engraving of the Munchen Bavaria monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue, the first colossal statue since Classical Antiquity to consist entirely of cast bronze. It was and is up to the present day considered a technological masterpiece. Clean, firm copy, front cover decorated in flower motif, modest toning. (Inventory #: 1625)