Ludwig Hohlwein; Compiled and Edited by H.K. Frenzel with an Introduction by Walter F. Schubert. Translated by Herman George Scheffauer

Berlin: Phonix, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with most of original spine laid-down. Very good. Hohlwein, Ludwig. 73 pages in text. 4to, 30 x 23 cm. 223 full-page posters in black and white and color. Text in English and German. Trained as an architect, Hohlwein was self taught as a draughtsman and painter. He was once told by a drawing teacher, "you will never learn to draw." Hohlwein's posters are indeed perfection: his esthetic virtuosity in rendering and technique won him international recognition. Interior contents exceptionally clean and fresh, front cover cloth slightly rippled, minor scratches at fore-edge.