KUNZE (Herbert) GOTHIC SCULPTURE IN CENTRAL GERMANY. - Lot 183

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KUNZE (Herbert) GOTHIC SCULPTURE IN CENTRAL GERMANY. - Lot 183
KUNZE (Herbert) GOTHIC SCULPTURE IN CENTRAL GERMANY. "Kunstbücher deutscher Landschaften" series, edited by Dr. Walter Cohen. Bonn, Friedrich Cohen Publishing House, 1925. Quarto, paperback; red-and-black illustrated cover featuring a Gothic sculpture; 16 pp. of text followed by 80 full-page black-and-white photographic plates. FIRST EDITION. A monograph devoted to Gothic sculpture in Central Germany, primarily in Saxony and Thuringia. In it, Herbert Kunze examines medieval monumental and religious statuary through a particularly extensive collection of reproductions: cathedral sculptures, figures of the apostles, Virgins and Child, angels, and funerary statuary, notably in Erfurt and Halberstadt. The work is part of the Kunstbücher deutscher Landschaften series. Contemporary bibliographic sources confirm its publication in Bonn by Friedrich Cohen in 1925, at an initial price of 3 marks, and its composition of 16 pages of text and 80 plates. Kunze’s study retains documentary value in the historiography of German medieval sculpture and continues to be cited in the specialized bibliography devoted to Gothic statuary in Central Germany. A working copy. The cover is heavily rubbed and worn, with losses and tears along the edges and rounded corners. Waterstains and soiling on the first few pages. Numerous pencil marks and scribbles on the title page, with an old handwritten number in the upper corner. The main text, however, appears complete, and the plates are generally well preserved.
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