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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(DESIGN / GRAPHIC DESIGN / TYPOGRAPHY / TSCHICHOLD, JAN.) Typographische Mitteilungen. Zeitschrift des Bildungsverbandes der deutschen Buchdrucker. Issues 1-12 bound in 2. Illustrated throughout with avant-garde typographical examples by Otto Baumberger, Herbert Bayer, Baz Burchartz, El Lissitzky, Farkas Molnár, Kurt Schwitters, Tschichold, and others. Large 4to, rebound in plain blue cloth and blue buckram, lacking original wrappers, both dampstained, extending into contents, though scattered and mostly marginal; institutional stamps on preliminaries. Berlin, 1924-33
an important document concerning the new typography and the history of 20th century graphic design. This collection includes Tschichold's original influential manifesto, Elementare Typographie, October 1925, the scarcest and most sought-after issue of the landmark work on the subject; printed letterpress on cream stock. This special issue for the German typographer's trade journal was edited and designed by him and the work in which he established and introduced readers to his "New Typography . . . built on Russian Suprematism, Dutch Neo-Plasticism, and especially Constructivism"--R. Hollis, Swiss Graphic Design.
