Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

88 c   (POSTERS.) Das Plakat. 10 volumes: 1912-21 Numerous color reproductions and tipped-in illustrations. Small folios, 11 1 / 2 x9 inches, rebound in buckramwith publisher’s wrappers bound in except for 4 volumes from 1918 which are in original wrappers, and Vol. 20 which is in the publisher’s binding; contents generally very bright. Berlin, 1912-21   [800/1,200] Founded in 1905 by Hans Sachs (a dentist in Berlin), the Verein der Plakat Freunde (Association of Friends of the Poster) began publishing Das Plakat (The Poster) in 1910. The publication ran through 1922, and each issue is a gold mine of information . 88 89 89 c   (POSTERS.) Schnackenberg, Walter. Schnackenberg: Kostüme / Plakate und Dekorationen. Introductory text by Oskar Bie. 43 plates, most beautifully colored in pochoir, some heightened in gold. Folio, original publisher’s pictorial boards, professionally re-backed and re- cased, some minor surface scratches and light soiling. first edition . Munich: Musarion, 1920   [2,000/3,000] An excellent compendium of Schnackenberg’s posters, costumes and stage designs. The plates in this book are more in keeping with the Maitres de l’Affiche images, in that they were pulled by Oskar Consee (Schnackenberg’s exclusive printer), and were surely done under the artist’s supervision, with rich inking on high-quality paper.