- Lacks plate 71; occas. sl. soiled.
- Partly waterstained/ sl. foxed. Lacks part of ties; partly worn along extremities.
- Lacks plates 29 and 30; sl. foxed; sm. tear in title-p. Portfolio sl. worn.
- Upper hinge weakening. Sl. worn along extremities.
= With loosely inserted "Tarif de l'Album 1864". Rare.
- Vol. 1 plates 45, 51 and 52 added from another ed. (sl. smaller size); textlvs. vol. 1 partly waterst. in outer margin and first three lvs. foxed. Both vols. owner's ticket on frontcover; second portfolio frontcover stained and soiled.
= Very rare complete copy. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
- Plates occas. sl. fingersoiled/ frayed/ foxed in blank margin and w. pencil sketches on verso. Portfolio worn.
= Beautiful plates in art nouveau style with designs for walls, borders etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
- Sl. yellowed. Fine copy.
= Odd volume of this rare modernist Flemish periodical. Also contains contributions by F. Berckelaers, Victor J. Brunclair, Paul van Ostayen, Josef Peeters and Geert Pynenburg.
- Occas. inevitable trifle fraying; sl. yellowed and some sl. occas. dustsoiling; no.17 spine pasted over w. paper tape; no.18/19 first and last leaf loose; no.20 vague vertical fold throughout and spine splitting at foot; no. 21 spine partly splitting. A very good/ fine set.
= Good run of this modernist Flemish periodical. From no.13 on, when Jozef Peeters replaced Geert Pynenburg as editor, the wrappers have striking modernist designs by JOZEF PEETERS (no.13 and no.22/23/24), KAREL MAES, (no.14), VICTOR SEVRANKS (no.15), MOHOLY-NAGY (no.16), SONIA DELAUNAY (no.17), JOS LEONARD (no.18/19), CAREL WILLINK (no.20) and J.P. OUD (no.21). Apart from (full-p.) (wood- and linocut) illustrations by Jozef Peeters, Karel Maes, Vilmos Huszar, Paul Joostens, Jos. Leonard, Ludwig Kassak, L. Peri, A.C. Willink, L. Moholy-Nagy and Sonia Delaunay, also containing the 2 (often lacking) loosely inserted plates by Jozef Peeters (a col. lithogr. plate and a (sl. frayed) linocut printed on gold ground). Andel p.210-211; cf. Bolliger II, 112. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
- Vol. 1 (of 2) only. Dustwr. sl. yellowed and w. some dam. spots.
- No. 3 lacks the lithograph by Hundertwasser.
= No. 6 with the fold. plate by VASARELY, No.9 with the linocuts by VAN DYKEN und LALOY.
- A few w. owner's entry.
= Special issue of the leading periodical of the thirties on functional architecture and related subjects, published 1932-1943. In 1932 Paul Schuitema, who was a member of the architect-group "De Opbouw", created a basic design for the magazine and other designers could then fill in the rest of the cover. Fanelli 231; Maan, Paul Schuitema, p.64.
- Title-p. partly browned; dog-eared. Dustwr. sl. frayed/ dam.; repaired on verso.
AND 9 others, i.a. P. FEIERABEND, Nudes Index I (Cologne, 2000, col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to) and G. DE ROOS, Playboy Fotografie (Vianen, 2002, col. ills., orig. pict. boards, large 4to).
= One of the 40 SIGNED copies.
AND 2 others, i.a. G. SCIME, Women in the Magic Mirror (Milan, 1981, num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. 4to).
- Spine dropback box sl. worn.
= One of 25 SIGNED copies with a loosely inserted original c-print by Anrakuji (21,3x28 cm., signed and num. "16/25" in pencil on verso).
= Nobuyoshi Araki is primarily known for his erotic and kinbaku (Japanese bondage) photography. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.
- Fine.
Mapplethorpe, R. Altars. London, J. Cape, 1995, 139p., 127 (fold.) (col.) photogr. ills. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, orig. cl. w. dustwr., cl. slipcase, sq. folio.