1937 Werkzeichnen für Buchbinder verbunden mit einer Beschreibung der Einbandtechnik. Band 1

WIESE, Fritz. Werkzeichnen für Buchbinder verbunden mit einer Beschreibung der Einbandtechnik. Band 1: Der Bucheinband [Working Drawings for Bookbinders with a Description of Binding Techniques. Vol. I: The Book Binding]. Stuttgart: Verlag Das deutsche Buchbinderhandwerk (Max Hettler Verlag), 1937.

25 × 16 cm. 111 pp., followed by approximately 20 blank leaves intended for notes, one of which is filled with contemporary handwritten notes in Czech. Rebound in a sturdy quarter cloth binding with marbled paper-covered boards, preserving the original printed front and rear wrappers bound in at the front and back. Very good condition.

An important pre-war German manual on the theory and practice of fine bookbinding, issued in an enlarged second edition. The work is richly illustrated throughout with precise technical diagrams, measured construction drawings, and layout schemes covering sewing structures, raised and recessed bands, spine design, titling, forwarding, and decorative finishing. Produced for professional binders and apprentices.