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G R E E C E
The Landscape / Architecture / Life Of The People
 


A very beautiful photographic record of full page photographs (in high quality photo gravure technique)
 featuring topography, remarkable sites, architecture and people of Greece (Griechenland).
Like Arta, Korfu, Athens, Delphi, Korinth, Crete, Olympia, Saloniki and other ....

This precious book was not affordable by too many people at that time.
And there is no other book of that time which comes close to the printing quality of that title.

The photographs are by photographers Hans Holdt and Hugo von Hofmannsthal!

Photographs titled in English, German and French.

From the series "Orbis Terrarum", a series of early photobooks portraying the regions of the world.

This is the 1st edition 1923 w/176 plates !!


Hardcover

  • 192 pages
  • 176 sepia photos in rotogravure printing
  • 14 pages introduction and index of photographs
  • Gilt lettering and decoration

In good exterior and fine interior condition.
Boards and spine sunned, tips of spine frayed, otherwise ok.

All pages are complete and tight in the binding.

Approx/Measurements: 12-1/4" x 9-3/4"  ~2.6 lbs.

from Hans Holdt / Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Published by Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G.
in 1923





Inhaltsverzeichnis (table of contents) [excerpt]:

Acrocorinthos Castle - Aegina - Ana-Volo - Araehova - Arta - Athens - Baba - Bay of Jtea - Chalcis - Chios - Corinth - Crete - Daphni - Delos - Delphi - Demerli - Gulf of Corinth - Gulf of Pagasae - Jsthmus of Corinth Canal - Kastorias - Kastraci - Korfu - Leukos - Macrinitza - Meteora - Meteora rock - Mistra - Mount Hymettus - Mycenae - Nauplia - Naxos - Olympia - Parnass - Patras - Pelion - Pharsalus - Pontikonisi Isle - Saloniki - Sunion - Syra - Taygetos Mountains - Thera .... and many others


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