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MONOGRAMS by G. Barclay, assisted by I. F., W.[illiam] H.[arry] R.[ogers] (William Harry), I. B. and others. 13 (of 15) part issues with 69 (of 91) plates containing chromolithographed, lithographed and blind-embossed monograms, the original wrappers bound in.

Outstanding series of skilfully drawn and well printed monogram specimens for use in applied arts, artisanry and industry, particularly rare even in single issues. – Content, Artist: Besides a brief history of monograms with particular focus on Britain, present work by British engraver George Barclay (1830-72) and some contributors covers hundreds of illustrations of monogram specimens with two or multiple interlaced letters, Christian names and symbols, as well as crowns, heraldic attributes, trade emblems and typefaces. – The collection was designed „to assist medal, die, silver and gem engravers and chasers, or those who, like illuminators and embroiderers, have need to produce monograms or conventionalised alphabet. A clearly sensible written text is appended to a series of examples that have unquestionably been produced by persons of considerable taste, and whom study has qualified for the task.“ (Review for part A in »Athenaeum«, 15th Sept. 1860). – Present set contains 13 parts of 15 published (A, B, E, F, G, H, IJK, L, M, N, O&P, Q&R, S). Barclay had intended to issue a total of 20 parts, but publication ceased with the letter S upon his death. Alas, this set misses the part issues for letters C (1861, 5 pl., 1 text l.), D (5 pl.). All original typographic wrappers in differently coloured stock are bound in, as well as title pages for parts E, F and G. All plates are protected by lettered tissue guards. – Barclay also published »Thirty Varieties of the Monogram« and »What is a Monogram?« (an extract of present work) among others, works that he promotes on the rear wrappers of the part issues. – Condition: Ex library copy (K.k. Staatsgewerbeschule, Graz, Austria) with the institution's stamp on front wrappers and plates, the latter also with inventory stamp. The set was bound by the institution's bookbinder cutting the book-block at the tail-edge, no text loss however. – Rarity: Very rare in trade, even in less complete sets or single part issues. WorldCat, KVK and viaLibri Libraries locate only 8 holdings in institutional holdings worldwide, at least 3 with a higher number of missing parts (Cambridge; Edinburgh (NLS); London (BL [91 pl.], V&A [12 parts]), Oxford (Bodleian Lib.,[11 parts [A, C-N]), New York (Columbia), Paris (BnF [10 parts]). RBH shows no auction records at all.

Wonderland on Paper · Autriche980,00 €

Deisler, Guillermo and Karla Sachse (concept and design)Biblio.com

VISUAL POETRY IN THE EASTERN BLOC Visuelle Poesie Visual poetry

réf. 55230Berlin: Club der Kulturschaffenden "Johannes R. Becher" 1988. Slim octavo 22 × 13 cm. Original printed four-panel folder printed to recto and verso; fourfold leporello 8 pp. 30 loose leaves printed to both sides 1 folded gathering of 4 pp. all printed on coated paper with numerous reproductions of visual poetry some of which are full-page. Very good. First edition of the catalog for the first comprehensive exhibition of visual poetry in the GDR. The two curators of the exhibition the Chilean graphic designer muralist and set designer Guillermo Deisler and the graphic designer Karla Sachse met through mail art networks connecting Chile and the GDR. Following the Chilean military coup in 1973 Deisler fled into exile. Before settling permanently in the GDR he also lived for a time in France and Bulgaria. For the Mail Art artists the tradition of visual poetry was an important point of reference. Yet the interplay of text and image was not a harmless purely aesthetic one in East Germany; under the conditions of secret police surveillance Mail Art was also a strategy of creative encryption. The two curators did not exhibit the works solely out of historical interest but also out of a contemporary interest in production aesthetics. In this way prints from the Renaissance and Baroque periods were linked with futuristic Dadaist and contemporary experiments in Concrete Poetry from East and West. The loose-leaf pages of the catalog encourage the viewer to step beyond a purely historical perspective and actively try out other constellations. Here the freedom of the letters becomes for the viewer a freedom of the pages. The focus was on contemporary visual poetry. Among those represented were: Gregorio Berchenko Julien Blaine Augusto de Campos Wladimir Dias-Pino Fria Elfen Korneliusz Francke Jesus Galdamez Ilse and Pierre Garnier Eugen Gomringer Klaus Groh Dick Higgins Kum Nam Baik Arrigo Lora-Totino the Noigandres Group Clemente Padín Michele Perfetti Décio Pignatari Robert Rehfeldt Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt Ãlvaro de Sá Veselin Sariev Thomas Schulz Serge Segay Shozo Shimamoto Miroljub Todorovic Jirí Valoch and Edgardo Antonio Vigo among several others. Folder illustrated with historical and contemporary visual and concrete poems by Johann Helwig George Herbert Carlo Carrá Johann Wolfgang Goethe Man Ray Kurt Schwitters and Clemente Padín. As of April 2026 KVK OCLC show two copies in Germany and one in North America. unknown

Penka Rare Books and Archives · Allemagne950,00 €

Favorskii, Vladimir, wrapper design; Kritiko-bibliograficheskii nauchnoissledovatel'skii institut (Critical and BibliographicalBiblio.com

SOVIET VISUAL CULTURE AND POSTER ART Obzor iskusstv: izo teatr muzyka An overview of the arts: visual arts theater music. Wrapper title: kritika i bibliografiia critical reviews and bibliography. Nos. 4 6 8 9 10 11 1935

réf. 50117Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Kritiko-bibliograficheskogo instituta 1935. Octavos 24.5 × 17 cm. Original decorative staple-stitched self-wrappers; 40 pp. per issue. Illustrations throughout. Very good. Six issues of this monthly journal dedicated to Soviet visual culture published 1932-1936 with wrapper design by the master graphic artist Vladimir Favorsky. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary propaganda posters and paintings with accompanying reviews the issues offer a glimpse into the editorial criteria for Soviet poster art and Socialist Realist painting in the early years of their development. Each issue opens with reviews of political posters by artists such as Gustav Klutsis whose work is discussed as departing from Socialist Realism agitational posters of Galina Shubina who is critiqued for making "too masculine" the faces of female workers and anti-religious posters by Daniil Moor whose caricatures are said to be popular with workers during collective review sessions. Reviews of art exhibitions art publications theater performances as well as publications on musical performances and the opera close each volume. Art exhibition reviews include critiques of the exhibition "Soviet Turkmenia" "Spring exhibition of Moscow painters" and the individual show of the avant-garde painter Alexandr Labas an OST member and VKhUTEMAS teacher whose work would not be exhibited after 1936. The periodical appeared under different titles in 1932-1936 including "Fine art production" "Overview of the Arts" and "Poster Art and Reproductions." The journal was published by the Critical Bibliographic Institute established by Narkompros in 1930. The objective of the Institute was to provide critical reviews and bibliographies of all print matter published in the Soviet Union with the goal of improving the general quality of the publications. At its inception in addition to visual culture the institute published ten other industry bulletins: "Social and political literature" "Technical literature" "Children's literature" etc. Due to the broad scope of the publications the quality of the reviews began to suffer and by 1936 the publications were transferred to respective specialized institutes staffed with appropriate experts. Publishers catalog to rear wrappers. One of 1800 copies printed. A striking clearly under-studied research source on early Soviet visual culture. As of February 2026 KVK OCLC only show two holdings in North America with scattered issues at one additional institution. unknown

Penka Rare Books and Archives · Allemagne950,00 €

Konvička, Vladimir, author and designBiblio.com

ISOTYPE GRAPHICS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA - PROGRESSIVE PEDAGOGY IN ZLIN Obrazová statistika v kreslení škol měšťanských a vyššího stupně škol obecných Pictorial statistics in the drawing of secondary schools and higher general schools

réf. 55185Prague: Nákladem Československé grafické unie A.S. v Praze 1934. Quarto 29.3 × 20.8 cm. Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 28 pp. including wrappers. Thirteen pages with isotype graphics including two in color. Lacking the twenty-nine leaves of isotype illustrations which were apparently issued along with the pamphlet. Very good save for light rust from staples to gutter of last few leaves. KonviÄka 1900-1971 originally from near Hodonín was a teacher and author of several works on pedagogy and schooling with a special interest in art education crafts and visual statistics. From 1928 to 1934 he was active at the Masaryk Experimental Differentiated School in Zlín the home of the illustrious Tomáš Baťa Shoe Company which shaped the infrastructure and culture of the entire town. The school was one of three experimental schools in Czechoslovakia which allowed students to explore various hands-on projects rather than following traditional syllabi and it had direct ties to Baťa. Derek Sayer describes the entrepreneur's ambition for the town as follows: "Zlín in Moravia Tomáš Baťa's company town is a show-piece of designed modern living. Its administrative building a seventeen-story skyscraper built in 1937-38 may well have been the tallest building in Europe at the time. Still more distinctive was Baťa's provision of standardized family houses and apartments for his workers and a range of social amenities from "Masaryk Schools" to hospitals to community centers. It is an eminently modernist vision which the visiting Le Corbusier for one much appreciated" Derek Sayer The Coasts of Bohemia p. 200. The building housing the progressive Masaryk Schools built in 1927-1928 after plans by František Lydie Gahura was also a cutting edge construction which was demolished in 1988. In the present work KonviÄka speaks to drawing instructors at schools and outlines the basic principles of visual statistics. He discusses Otto Neurath and the Vienna Method as well as the Moscow Insitute of Visual Statistics Izostat which in its own ways applied Neurath's methods. Another figure whose work he singles out as pioneering in this field is Augustin Tschinkel. Via the Czech journal "Země Sovětů" Land of the Soviets various examples of Soviet Isotype illustrations have made it onto the pages of KonviÄka's book. The pamphlet apparently accompanied twenty-nine leaves of isotype illustrations which are described in detail within but are lacking here. As of June 2025 KVK OCLC show no copies apart from the Czech National Library. unknown

Penka Rare Books and Archives · Allemagne950,00 €

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