Rare, first edition, book cover cardboard, stitched binding.
Complete title: Deutsches Warenbuch, herausgegeben von der Dürerbund-Werkbund-Genossenschaft, Hellerau bei Dresden o.J. (1915). (Translation here: german schedule of commodities).
Introductions of Ferdinand Avenarius and Dr. Joseph Popp (38 p.), index of members, summery, 258 pages black and white shots, around 1660 objects were shown.
Peter Behrens, Theodor Fischer, Hermann Muthesius, Bruno Paul, Hans Poelzig, Richard Riemerschmid, Josef Hoffmann, Adelbert Niemeyer, Gertrud Kleinhempel, Margarete von Brauchitsch, Alfred Roller, Otto Gußmann and Ferdinand Avenarius belonged to the advisory committee. They assorted machine-made and hand-made staple goods for housing, tableware and kitchenware, especially glass, ceramics and hardware. The selection aimed at „types“, which can be used for mass production.
For the first time in germany this book had set manifestation of technical progress against traditional craft-oriented appraoches.
State: Binding and cover in good condition, without spots, buckled in the book corners.
Compare continuative: H. Rezepa-Zabel: Deutsches Warenbuch, Reprint und Dokumentation. Gediegenes Gerät fürs Haus, Reimer Verlag Berlin 2005.Cp. furthermore: H. Rezepa-Zabel: Deutsches Warenbuch, Reprint und Dokumentation. Gediegenes Gerät fürs Haus, Reimer Verlag Berlin 2005 and listed Bibliografie.
"Made in Germany"- der Beginn eines Gütesiegels ("Made in Germany" - start of a trademark.)
See also:
"Das Deutsche Hausgerät", 1. Aufl. 1912, Deutsche Werkstätten, Dresden Hellerau.
Signboard, enamel, Dürerbund-Werkbund-Genossenschaft, Dresden-Hellerau, around 1915.