Books and Manuscripts · Lotto 295
Neurath, O.
Modern Man in the Making. London, Secker and Warburg, 1939, 1st ed., 159p., num. (col.) pictographs by G. ARNTZ, orig. cl. w. the (dam. and yellowed) dustwr. loosely inserted (folded), 4to.
WITH: De Moderne Mensch Ontstaat (...). (Ibid., idem, 1940), (8)p. (incl. wr.), (col.) pictographs by G. ARNTZ, 8vo.
- Lotto
- 295
- Sezione
- ISOTYPE and INFOGRAPHICS
- Stima
- 60 € – 80 €
- Aggiudicato
- 240 €
- Foto
- 2 foto
Condizioni
Endpapers sl. yellowed/ foxed; backstrip sunned, sl. stained and dam. at ends.
Trifle foxed.
Note
Reading, p.40; Bool/ Broos p.58f; Vossoughian p.95. First edition of Neurath's most famous work on visual education, illustrated with Amtz's isotypes and one of the best examples of how Neurath and Arntz had succeeded in visualizing statistics. From the collection of P.J. de Kanter, secretary of the Nederlandsche Stichting voor Statistiek, w. his bookplate and owner's entry on first free endpaper.
The rare publisher's brochure for the Dutch edition.