Das Plakat 1917

Das Plakat. Mitteilungen des Verreins der Plakatfreunde E. V. Jahrgang 8. 1917 (not collated). Editor Hans Sachs. Berlin (Arthur Collignon Verlag) 1917.
4:o. Richly illustrated with partly mounted plates and illustrations, many in colour, colourprinted covers (partly loose, some marginal spotting).
Contemporary blue half cloth, partly worn.
Important magazine for advertisment. The present year contains: Heft 1: Januar - Vom Hurrakitsch / Heft 2: März - Plakat und Plagiat/ Heft 3: Mai - Rheinische Plakatkunst/ Heft 4: Juli - Otto Baumberger von Hans Sachs/ Doppelheft 5-6, Sept.-Nov. - Schwedische Plakatkunst. One of the rare wartime annual volumes, printed in a much lesser edition than the prewar issues.
Das Plakat was first published in 1910 and the magazine ended in 1922. It was founded by the dentist Hans Josef Sachs. He also owned a large collection of posters which where later confiscated by the Nazi government, some survived and can today be seen at the Berlin Museum of the German history.
Among the artists are: Lucian Bernhard, Ludwig Hohlwein, Julius Gipkens, Julius Klinger, Albert Engström, Thomas Theodor Heine, Wilhelm Kåge, Alexandre Steinlen.
With 6 issues in each year, some double issues.
Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return

Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return