"Die Altertümer von Benin" · Felix von Luschan · ID: 3052678
Emil Preetorius (1883-1973), Munich, Germany (a)
Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-1929), Leipzig, Germany (a&b)
By descent through the family (a&b)
Emil Preetorius was a German illustrator, graphic artist, book designer, and art collector. He is also regarded as one of the most important stage designers of the first half of the 20th century.
Description
3 vols., a) “Die Altertümer von Benin”, Vol. I, Text volume, with 889 illustrations after drawings by B. Ankermann, G. Kilz, L. Sütterlin, and others, as well as after photographs, etc. published with the support of the Imperial Colonial Ministry, the Rudolf Virchow Foundation, and the Arthur Baessler Foundation, de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig, 1919; Vol. II, Plates 1–50, Berlin 1919; Vol. III, Plates 51–129, Berlin 1919
In addition:
b) five items relating to the monograph “Die Altertümer von Benin” by Felix von Luschan, in a cloth-bound cardboard folder:
Autograph letter by Felix von Luschan to Hans Meyer, dated 25 November 1919, requesting a review of his monograph “Die Altertümer von Benin”
Original autograph manuscript by Hans Meyer: Review of Felix von Luschan’s monograph “Die Altertümer von Benin”, pencil, 38 pages
Hans Meyer, book review: Felix von Luschan, “Die Altertümer von Benin”, offprint from the Berlin newspaper “Tägliche Rundschau”, R 48–R57 (10 pages)
separate offprint of Hans Meyer’s book review in “Koloniale Rundschau”, issue 2, Reimer, Berlin 1919
publisher’s prospectus by De Gruyter & Co., 1919, 4 pages