Der Orientteppich: seine Geschichte und seine Kultur. 3-vol. set (Complete)
Berlin: Scarabäus, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 228pp (text volume), 120 leaves (plates in vols. II and III). Original grey cloth, with green lettering on spines and front covers. Top edges of vols. 2 and 3 in gilt. Color frontispiece (volume 1) protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Decorative title page. Striking three volume set of this early and important work on the history and culture of Oriental carpets. The text volume (Volume I) is complete with its 21 full-page plates (including 12 in color), 140 in-text figs, 3 aquarelle reproductions and a partly colored folded map at rear. Each plate is protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Volumes II contains 60 postcard-sized color plates of splendid antique carpets mounted onto card (numbered 1 to 60); Volume III contains another 60 mounted color plates of antique carpets (numbered 61 to 120). Some age-toning and rubbing along edges of bindings. Heads and tails of spines partly chipped. Text in German. Binding in overall fair to good, interior in good+ to very good, plates in very good condition. g+. Item #37432
Price: $275.00