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Book Condition: Used Very good +
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA

United States
About Item: Hamburg, Germany: Boysen & Maasch, 1912. Limited Edition. Loose_leaf. Very good +. Limited Edition. Loose_leaf. Between 1908 and 1912, the Hamburg Senate along with Ernst Juhl collected 1000 photographs of the city and its surroundings, choosing 90 photographs from photographers A. Bruhn, Rudolf Dührkoop, Mrs. Diez-Dührkoop, Major Böhmer, and O. Hofmeister for this publication, an edition limited to 300, this being number 215. These 90 stunning sepia collotypes are tipped in to imperial Japan paper with printed title, publication, and photographer's name and showcase Hamburg's harbor, farmhouses, sailors, fishermen, the working class, at times in traditional costume, and some neighboring lands. As Ernst Juhl states in his introduction: "The chosen pictures should bring to the stranger and the natives the beauties of the state and land area in front of their eyes and especially to the photographers, the lover as well as the expert, to offer suggestions for artistic undertakings." A truly stunning… Read More
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