book (design) story #551
robert von wattenwyl:
ein land – menschen in marokko
orell füssli verlag, zürich/leipzig, 1934
printer: art. institut orell füssli, zürich
size: 21 x 14 cm
designer: ernst buss (jacket + cover)
a photographic jacket ...
... and cover design by ernst buss (dates?) who designed numerous books for the orell füssli verlag, see also story 521.
i don't know much about the author of this travel book on morocco, but he is apparently from the famous bernese aristocratic family "von wattenwyl". the book is dedicated to "my friend balthus", the painter whose first wife was antoinette von wattenwyl.
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