Applied arts

1924 · ref. 28786 — New York: E. Weyhe 1924. First American edition First State with the printing accomplished in Germany. Colour printing by Dr. Selle and Co. Berlin. Letterpress by Otto v. Holten. With 122 very fine full-page colour plates both tipped on and by direct transfer reproducing over 2000 decorative motives from the arts of Asia Primitive Europe North Central and South America Africa Oceania and from the peasant arts of Europe. Paintings by Bollacher Tilke Dengler Erigh and Alberts Berlin Hamburg Stuttgart Potsdam. Photography by Wasmuth. Folio very attractively bound in polished black cloth over marbled paper covered boards the spine with a black morocco label gilt lettered and ruled. ix iii 35 pages 122 colored plates. A fine copy the binding the text-block paper and colourplates all in excellent condition just a touch of age to the edges. FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE AND A VERY WELL PRESERVED COPY OF WEYHE'S QUITE EXQUISITE "ORNAMENT" a highly important cross-cultural survey of the variety of ornamental motifs and styles artist have employed throughout the centuries on all types of applied arts; pottery textiles metal arts beadwork baskets etc. This American issue was printed in Germany from the original plates color printed by Selle & Co. but with the text translated into English. Helmuth Theodor Bossert was an important German art historian philologist and archaeologist. He is best-known for his excavations of the Hittite fortress city at Karatepe Turkey and the discovery of bilingual inscriptions which enabled the translation of Hittite hieroglyphs. E. Weyhe hardcover