book (design) story #665
curt biging:
tiere, sonnen und atome
büchergilde gutenberg, berlin, 1930
printer: buchdruckwerkstätte, berlin
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: (unknown) (heinrich pschierer (drawings))
"animals, sun and atoms" is a natural history book by curt biging (1887-1950), a german doctor and politician.
biging authored a travel report also published by the büchergilde gutenber, see story 115)
the blue cover with silver title in asymmetrically set lowercase sansserif is in the "new typography" vein. an odd detail is the "s" in "sonne".
the title spread with huge blue title is also asymmetric and in sansserif, but mixed-case.
the drawings of mammoths, dinosaurs, etc. are credited to heinrich pschierer (dates?).
the book was among the winners of the "50 most beautiful german books" award that year. however its designer is not credited in the book.
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