Hegemann, Werner
Das steinerne Berlin. Geschichte der grossten Mietkasernstadt der Welt.
Berlin, Gustav Kiepenheuer 1930.
Reference: 14570
Price: £120 [convert currency]
Full Description
Small folio. 505 +(7)pp, 63 photo plates. Publisher’s cloth, bumped at outer corners. Ink ownership inscription dated 1937 at foot of title leaf.
An excellent illustrated study of the architectural history of Berlin from the beginning of the 17th century onwards, tracing the growth of the city and providing a vivid and critical account of the building programmes followed by its administration in the 19th and 20th centuries. First edition.