SPONSEL, Jean Louis. Das Moderne Plakat. Dresden: Gerhard Kühtmann, 1897. 4°. Half title, title printed in red and black, 52 coloured plates of posters, illustrations (marginal tear to one text leaf). Later green morocco gilt, original coloured pictorial wrappers bound in (some light dust-soiling, a few scuff marks to lower cover). NUMBER 8 OF 40 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN AND CHINA PAPER.

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