120 female nude photographs 1925
| Klubbat belopp | 4 200 SEK |
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| Utropspris | 2 000 SEK |
120 FEMALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS 1925. LANDOW, PETER. Natur und Kultur. Das Weib. 120 Aufnahmen ausgewählt von Dr. Peter Landow. Berlin, Buchverlag der Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung Klassischer Kunst, 1925.
4to. 317 x 250 mm. X pp. 120 sepia-toned monochrome photographic plates. Publisher´s half calf with gilt spine and blue paper boards. Front board with soot stains, somewhat skewed, top leather corner missing.
120 photographs, ordered after nationalities/ethnic origins. Represented are photographers such as Henry Buergel Goodwin, E. O. Hoppé, Karl Schenker, Jozsef Pécsi and others.
Provenance: Nils G. Ahlin (Ulriksfors, Sweden, owned the largest private book collection in north of Sweden, about 6000 volumes).
Erik Hallqvist, Östersund (born 1887, the grandfather of the current owner), had a bookshop since 1907. He bought Ahlin´s collection in 1942 and was interviewed in Östersund-Posten on January 28: "The public may have an idea of the size of the collection, when I mention that I needed 14 fully loaded taxis to get the books home".
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