Wendingen] The Life-Work of the American architect FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

1925. WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. [Wendingen]. The Life-Work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. 7 Numbers. Illustrated with black and white photographs, floor plans and drawings. Square folio, bound in the original decorated wrappers. In a new red cloth folding box. Santpoort, CA: Mees, 1925. A spectacular copy of this legendary monograph devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright. This consists of the original seven separate issues of the periodical Wendingen, edited and typographically arranged by H. Th. Wijdeveld. With contributions by Lewis Mumford, H.P. Berlage, J.J.P. Oud, Robert Mallet-Stephens, Erich Mendelsohn (in German), Louis H. Sullivan (on Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo), and Frank Lloyd Wright himself. It was subsequently issued in bound form without the wrappers. Very rare in such condition. Le Coultre. Wendingen pp.166-169