Lot 237
China.- Perckhammer (Heinz von) The Culture of the Nude in China, Berlin, 1928.
Hammer Price: £590
Description
China.- Perckhammer (Heinz von) The Culture of the Nude in China, 31 photographic portraits, 2ff. loose, original stitched pictorial boards, bottom stitch defective, darkened at foot, dust-jacket, creased at head, surface soiling, a little rubbed, 4to, Berlin, Eigenbrodler-Verla, 1928.
⁂ For Culture of the Nude, Perckhammer used models largely selected from the brothels of Macao. It was added to the National Socialists' List of Harmful and Undesirable Writings a few years after publication.
Description
China.- Perckhammer (Heinz von) The Culture of the Nude in China, 31 photographic portraits, 2ff. loose, original stitched pictorial boards, bottom stitch defective, darkened at foot, dust-jacket, creased at head, surface soiling, a little rubbed, 4to, Berlin, Eigenbrodler-Verla, 1928.
⁂ For Culture of the Nude, Perckhammer used models largely selected from the brothels of Macao. It was added to the National Socialists' List of Harmful and Undesirable Writings a few years after publication.