Baubücher Band 3: Groszstadtarchitektur (Building Book Vol. 3: Metropolitan Architecture)
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1827. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto.(4) 108pp. original tan wraps with black lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar. Publisher's device on title page. Edition based on studies made previously in cooperation with Udo Rukser, Berlin. Contains two hundred and twenty-nine illustrations, including b/w photographs, maps, architectural drawings and plans depicting architectural projects relating to city planing, settlements, commercial buildings, high risers, theaters, traffic designs, industrial buildings and carpentry for the construction industry of the metropolis. With bibliography and index of names and places, and two pages with architectural publications, incl. Neutra's "Wie baut Amerika?" at rear. Text in German. Dustjacket with light wear along edges and sunned. Small square chip at center of spine. Wraps and endpapers age-tone. Some foxing of block at front and back pages, in particular on pages 66 to 72, else light and sporadic. Dustjacket in overall good, interior in very good- condition. Goo to very good- condition. Item #48636
Price: $450.00