Hardcover
1923 · Stuttgart
by Lossen, Otto
Stuttgart: Curt Winkler, 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/25 Ausgabe A. (1) 15 plates (8.5 x 11 photographs mounted on 14 x 18.5 stiff plates). Original vellum portfolio with gilt-stamped framed illustration and lettering on cover. Fifteen breathtaking original photographs of the Black Forest and the Donau Valley by Otto Lossen on Hauff-Plates (Hauff-Platten), glass plates reducing 'blooming' around light sources, particularly in night photography. The prints were made by Dr. Lossen & Co. Lichtbildgesellschaft mbH on paper by Gustav Schäfelen; the portfolio was produced by bookbinder G. Balz based on a design by Ernst Heineken. The portfolio contains 15 motifs as listed on a separate loose leaf: Kloster Hirsau; Schweinbachtal bei Hirsau; Nagoldtal; Aus dem Schwarzwald; Winter auf dem Kniebis; Schwarzwaldhaus beim Kniebis; two different motifs entitled Die Donau bei Friedingen; Schloß Bronnen im Oberen Donautal; Erzabtei Beuron; Stiegelfelsen bei Beuron; Schloß Werenwag im Oberen Donautal; Schloß Sigmaringen; Abend im Donauried; Im Donauried. Text in German. Some rubbing and smudging with few minor stains on covers. Some age-toning of portfolio. Three inch closed tear at head of spine. Some plates for mounted photographs with light creasing of edges. Portfolio in overall good+, stiff plates in very good, prints in fine condition.
(Inventory #: 36951)