Stadtgestaltung

Berlin: VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 224pp. Original illustrated wrappers over tan paper covered boards. Captivating monograph on urban design dealing with the arrangement, appearance and functionality of former East German cities such as Berlin, Dresden, Erfurt, Leipzig, Potsdam, Rostock, but also other European cities such as Paris, Versailles, Rome, London, etc... This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w full-page and in-text photographic reproductions of buildings and maps. Minor age-toning and creasing along edges of wrappers. Text in German. Wrappers in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition.