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book (design) story #285

walter ulrich guyan:
mensch und urlandschaft der schweiz

büchergilde gutenberg, zürich, 1954
printer: genossenschaftsdruckerei zürich
size: 24 x 17 cm
designer: richard paul lohse (jacket)

this is one of the last dustjackets richard paul lohse (1902-1988) designed for the büchergilde gutenberg zürich.

for this book on prehistoric switzerland by walter ulrich guyan (1911-1999), an archeologist and museum director in schaffhausen, lohse used his standardised jacket design style for this series – see books 281, 282, 283, and 284.

below photos of bronze-age pots and houses (model).