Author: LION CACHET, C.A., [ET AL.]. Wijdeveld, H.TH. (chief editor). Title: Houtsneden nummer [title on cover: Houtsnijders nummer].
Description: Amsterdam, Uitgevers-maatschappij 'De Hooge Brug', 1919. 60 pages on thin Chinese paper (pages 55-60 are advertisements) & ca. 60 orig. woodcuts by various Dutch artists (a.o. K.P.C. de Bazel, J.L.M. Lauweriks, Jan Mankes, Chris Lebeau, L.O. Wenkebach, Hildo Krop, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp). Orig. lithographed wrappers (bound as a block book and tied together by hand with raffia cord) with design by R.N. Roland Holst. Large square 4to. - Edges sl. frayed & strenghtened with Japanese paper, top front-corner missing. (Wendingen. Maandblad voor bouwen en sieren van Architectura et Amicitia, Jaarg. 2, nr. 7 & 8). * Le Coultre, Wendingen 1918 - 1932, pages 86-87, d. - Copy of the Dutch edition (circulation of this edition approx. 1250 copies). Introduction by R.N. Roland Holst. Typography by H.Th. Wijdeveld. - Complete with the loose orig. woodcut 'Diploma voor de Internationale Tentoonstelling voor Boekhandel en Verwante Vakken te Amsterdam, 1892' by C.A. Lion Cachet (folded in three as issued) [size: 72 x 43.5 cm.]. According to a statement from H.Th. Wijdeveld, numerous woodcuts depicted in this work were specially made for this issue. (Le Coultre, p. 87).
Keywords: Graphic Woodcuts Wendingen Wendingen / 1919: Year 2 Wendingen / 1919: Jaarg. 2 - Nr. 7/8 Grafiek Houtsneden Wendingen Wendingen / 1919: Jaarg. 2 (publ. Jan 1919 - Jan. / Febr. 1920 Wendingen / 1919: Jaarg. 2 - Nr. 7/8
Price: EUR 750.00 = appr. US$ 815.14 Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 254855