xvii, [2] pp. of text + 120 copperplate gravures from botanical photographs by Blossfeldt. 31.2x24.5 cm (12¼x9½"), original blue-green cloth with gilt-stamped spiky-leafed Bourgati's Eryngo decoration on cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "Blossfeldt, who amassed some 6,000 botanical studies in his lifetime (the majority based on specimens he gathered himself on bicycle trips to the countryside), began taking these photos in 1898 for use as visual aids in his lectures on natural structure. The archive was intended as a source of inspiration for industrial designers and students in various applied crafts." - Vince Aletti in Roth, pp. 48-49. Dealer label on rear pastedown.
xvii, [2] pp. of text + 120 copperplate gravures from botanical photographs by Blossfeldt. 31.2x24.5 cm (12¼x9½"), original blue-green cloth with gilt-stamped spiky-leafed Bourgati's Eryngo decoration on cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "Blossfeldt, who amassed some 6,000 botanical studies in his lifetime (the majority based on specimens he gathered himself on bicycle trips to the countryside), began taking these photos in 1898 for use as visual aids in his lectures on natural structure. The archive was intended as a source of inspiration for industrial designers and students in various applied crafts." - Vince Aletti in Roth, pp. 48-49. Dealer label on rear pastedown.
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