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Ein anatomischer Totentanz / unter Mitwirkung von Kunstmaler Fritz Skell ; verfasst von Albert Hasselwander.

Accession number
PML 198787
Creator
Hasselwander, Albert, 1877-1954.
Published
München : J.F. Bergmann, 1926.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2022.
Notes
Twenty-five pairs of facing plates numbered 1, 1a, etc. Several plates, including 23a, 25, and 25a appear to be reproductions of original graphic works by Fritz Skell; the remaining plates evidence varying degrees of the artist's alteration of photographs.
Hasselwander credits Skell with 7 of the nude photographs in his foreword.
Year of production suggested by the author's gift inscription in library's copy: 20 December 1925.
"Den Lichtdruck der Tafeln besorgte die graphische Kunstanstalt J. B. Obernetter in München; den Druck des Textes die Universitätsdruckerei H. Sturtz A.G. in Würzburg."--Verso of title page.
Description
[6], 7-27, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by Hasselwander on the front free endpaper: "Mit den besten Weihnachten frussen überreicht vom verfasser / E. 20.12.25."
Provenance
Dr. Heinrich Wichmann, Leipzig (his ownership stamp).
Binding
Publisher's half vellum over brown paper boards, lettered in red on spine and upper board.
Classification
Department