"Picturesque Germany: Architecture and Landscape" [Original German title: "Deutschland - Baukunst Und Landschaft"], 304 full-page photographs by Kurt Hielscher, Prefatory Note by Gerhart Hauptmann, Preface by Hans Thoma, published by Ernst Wasmuth A.G.; Berlin, 1925, First edition, later printing (76th-95th thousand). The text is in German, the inscriptions under the pictures are in English, German, Italian, Spanish and French.

Hard boards, original cloth, gold lettering on front board and spine [spine and board edges fading: see photos]; large format: 9.1/2" x 12.1/4"; XVII + 304 pages with sepia photographs on each page, very good condition.

"The pictures show places that hadn't changed since the early 1800's. Many of these places -- in Dresden, Danzig -- we lost owing to neglect by the East; others -- Mannheim, Dusseldorf -- were destroyed during WWII. But many places photographed -- Heidelberg, Muenster, for instance -- either were untouched during the war or were lovingly and faithfully restored by the people of Germany. A fascinating glimpse at a long-lost past, and in some cases, a past that startlingly remains with us today." [a private review]

Kurt Hielscher (1881-1948) was German photographer. In the 1920s -1930s, he published a series of books showing European landscapes and architecture.

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