現代建築大觀 [General Survey of Modern Architecture] United Kingdom

Hideto Kishida 1929 EUR 380,-

Hideto Kishida (岸田日 出刀).

Gendai kenchiku taikan (現代建築大觀)[General Survey of Modern Architecture]: Dai 1-gô: Igirisu hen (第 1 輯: イギリス篇) [Vol. 1: The United Kingdom].

Tokyo, Shobo 1929.

[6]pp (text),14 loose leaves (plates), as issued.

41 x 29,5 cm. Original heavy cardboardportfolio, with printed label pasted to front cover.

EUR 380

This first volume of the series, published in 17 individual volumes between 1929and 1931, is dedicated to The United Kingdom, and contains 14 photogravuresdepicting the following: Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art (Plates1-2); Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s HillHouse in Helensburgh, Scotland (Plates 3-4); Edgar Wood’s Upmeads,Staffordshire (Plate 5); Oliver Hill’s Woodhouse Copse, in Surrey (Plates 6-7); Louisde Soissons‘ Welwyn Garden City (Plate 8); Thomas S. Tait’s Silver End GardenVillage (Plates 9-10); Easton & Robertson’s Royal Horticultural Society Hall (Plates11-12-13); Charles Holden’s Tooting Broadway subway station (Plate 14).

In very good condition.