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Bauhaus Books No. 1: "International Architecture" by Walter Gropius
1924
Artists
László Moholy-NagyArtist
Farkas MolnárDesigner
Description
The volume was re-bound in a hard cover with off-white laid endpapers. Printed in copper lettering on the spine: Gropius, Architektur. It is probable that the book was originally bound with a softcover, the hard cover being added for protection.
Dimensions
22.7 x 18.6 x 1.2 cm (8 15/16 x 7 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
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